[:ja]ランディ・ブレズニク宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したスワジランド北東のシェウラ自然保護区付近です。雲が山地付近にかかり、雲と山の色の明確なコントラストが見えます。
スワジランド王国は南部南アフリカとモザンビークに囲まれた内陸国です。西部には標高1200m以上の山地が広がります。地形は西の高地から東の低地へと傾斜しており、もっとも標高の低い東端地域では標高150m程度にまで高度が下がります。西部のハイベルトは雨量が多く、植林が進められています。中部のミドルベルトは穀物栽培と畜産が行われ、降水量の少ない東部のローベルトは牧草地となっており、牧畜が盛んです。
シェウラ自然保護区の地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders][Video] No.325: Swaziland🇸🇿
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS the mountainous area of Swaziland near Shewula Nature Reserve. Clouds reach the mountains and create beautiful contrast.
Swaziland is located in southern Africa and is surrounded by Mozambique and South Africa. The country’s climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld.
The Middleveld, lying at an average 700m above sea level is the most densely populated region of Swaziland with a lower rainfall than the mountains. The Lowveld, at around 250 m, is less populated than other areas and presents a typical African bush country of thorn trees and grasslands.
Shewula Nature Reserve looks like this on the ground.
reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders][Video] No.325: Swaziland🇸🇿
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS the mountainous area of Swaziland near Shewula Nature Reserve. Clouds reach the mountains and create beautiful contrast.
Swaziland is located in southern Africa and is surrounded by Mozambique and South Africa. The country’s climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld.
The Middleveld, lying at an average 700m above sea level is the most densely populated region of Swaziland with a lower rainfall than the mountains. The Lowveld, at around 250 m, is less populated than other areas and presents a typical African bush country of thorn trees and grasslands.
Shewula Nature Reserve looks like this on the ground.
reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]