[:ja]セルゲイ・リャザンスキー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した南米エクアドルのガラパゴス諸島です。
「ガラパゴス」はスペイン語でゾウガメを意味しますが、大型の爬虫類が地上の動物相で大きな役割を果たしているのが目を引くことが由来とされています。この海洋島は大陸と陸続きになった歴史を持たず、多くの固有生物種が見られ、1978年に世界遺産（自然遺産）として登録されました。イギリスの自然科学者チャールズ・ダーウィンが測量船ビーグル号に乗船し進化論の着想を得ることになった航海で訪れたことで有名です。ダーウィンは航海の後半、1835年9月15日から10月20日まで滞在しました。当時のガラパゴス諸島は囚人流刑地でした。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.710: Galapagos Islands🇪🇨
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Galapagos means a tortoise in Spanish. As represented by the word, the island never had history of linking to continents and thus nourished vast number of endemic species. The islands were registered as UNESCO World Heritage in 1978. The islands are famous for British scientist Charles Darwin to have visited during the voyage of the Beagle and got inspiration of Theory of Evolution then. Darwin stayed on the island from Sept.15 to Oct.20, 1835. The islands were then the penal colony.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.710: Galapagos Islands🇪🇨
Astronaut Sergey Ryazansky captured from ISS Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Galapagos means a tortoise in Spanish. As represented by the word, the island never had history of linking to continents and thus nourished vast number of endemic species. The islands were registered as UNESCO World Heritage in 1978. The islands are famous for British scientist Charles Darwin to have visited during the voyage of the Beagle and got inspiration of Theory of Evolution then. Darwin stayed on the island from Sept.15 to Oct.20, 1835. The islands were then the penal colony.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Ryazansky’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]