[:ja]ランディ・ブレズニク宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した中国の特別行政区（一国二制度）である香港です。
150年以上のイギリス植民地の歴史で世界に知られます。広大なスカイライン及び深い天然の港湾を抱える自由貿易地域で、1,104km2の面積に700万人を超す人口を有し、世界で4番目に人口密度が高い地域となっています。画像からも、丘陵地帯以外はコンクリートやビルで埋まっているのがわかります。
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] No.466: Hong Kong🇭🇰
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS Hong Kong, an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
With over 7.4 million Hongkongers in a 1,104km2, the city is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was formerly a colony of the British Empire, after the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island from Qing China at the conclusion of the First Opium War in 1842. Hong Kong remained under British control until 1997, when it was returned to China. As a special administrative region, Hong Kong maintains a separate political and economic system apart from mainland China. As can be seen from the image, the territory features the most skyscrapers in the world, surrounding Victoria Harbour, which lies in the centre of the city’s dense urban region.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.466: Hong Kong🇭🇰
Astronaut Randy Bresnik captured from ISS Hong Kong, an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
With over 7.4 million Hongkongers in a 1,104km2, the city is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was formerly a colony of the British Empire, after the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island from Qing China at the conclusion of the First Opium War in 1842. Hong Kong remained under British control until 1997, when it was returned to China. As a special administrative region, Hong Kong maintains a separate political and economic system apart from mainland China. As can be seen from the image, the territory features the most skyscrapers in the world, surrounding Victoria Harbour, which lies in the centre of the city’s dense urban region.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Randy Bresnik’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]