Astronaut Soichi Noguchi captured from ISS Procida Island, Italy.
Procida is one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania. The island derives its name from the Latin name Prochyta. Προχύτη/Prochýtē means ‘poured out’ in Ancient Greek. According to another theory, Prochyta comes from the Ancient Greek verb prokeitai, meaning ‘it lies forth’, because of the appearance of the island seen from the sea. Procida is located between Capo Miseno and the island of Ischia. It is less than 4.1km2. Its coastlines, very jagged, are 16km. The Terra Murata hill is the highest point on the island (91m). Geologically, Procida was created by the eruption of four volcanoes, now dormant and submerged.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Soichi Noguchi’s Tweet
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