[:ja]アレックス・ゲルスト宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したニュージーランドのタウポ湖です。
タウポ湖は、ニュージーランド北島のタウポに位置する、ニュージーランド最大の表面積（616km2）を持つ湖です。西暦181年の巨大噴火によってできたカルデラ湖で、付近では現在も火山活動が活発で、温泉や地熱発電所があります。湖の周囲は193kmあり、最深部は186m、同国最長のワイカト川に注ぎます。また、鰻、鱒などが生息しています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Alex Gerst’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.713: Lake Taupo, New Zealand🇳🇿
Astronaut Alex Gerst captured from ISS Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
Lake Taupo is a lake in the North Island of New Zealand. It is in the caldera of the Taupo Volcano. With a surface area of 616km2, it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea). Lake Taupo has a perimeter of 193km and a deepest point of 186m and is drained by the Waikato River (NZ’s longest river). It is a noted trout fishery with stocks of introduced brown and rainbow trout.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Alex Gerst’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.713: Lake Taupo, New Zealand🇳🇿
Astronaut Alex Gerst captured from ISS Lake Taupo, New Zealand.
Lake Taupo is a lake in the North Island of New Zealand. It is in the caldera of the Taupo Volcano. With a surface area of 616km2, it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray (Papua New Guinea). Lake Taupo has a perimeter of 193km and a deepest point of 186m and is drained by the Waikato River (NZ’s longest river). It is a noted trout fishery with stocks of introduced brown and rainbow trout.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Alex Gerst’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]