Astronaut Kimiya Yui captured from ISS Jakarta, the capital and the largest city of Indonesia.
Jakarta, which lies on the northwest coast of Java (the world’s most populous island), is the center of the economy, culture and politics of Indonesia. Jakarta with about 36 million metropolitan population is the world’s second-most populous urban area, after Tokyo. Jakarta’s primary challenges include rapid urban growth, ecological breakdown, gridlocked traffic, congestion, and flooding. Jakarta is sinking up to 17cm per year, which, coupled with the rising of sea levels, has made the city more prone to flooding. It is one of the fastest-sinking capitals in the world.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Kimiya Yui’s Tweet
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