Wikimedia Commons

File:ISS-39 Northern Japan.jpg

Original file ‎(4,256 × 2,832 pixels, file size: 1.39 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

Description
English: One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 800mm lens to record a still image documenting the unusually heavy snows which fell on northern Japan this winter.
  • Snow highlights the flat, fenced landscape used for agriculture in this image taken on March 21, 2014. The large Tokachi River reaches the arc of the Pacific Ocean on Hokkaido's east coast. Forests on steeper hillsides mask the snow and appear dark (upper image margin and image center). The view shows the narrow greenbelt forests that line the coast.
  • Planted in Japan for at least the last four centuries, greenbelts protect coastlines from storms and sand movement, and are increasingly providing recreation areas. Greenbelts also reduce tsunami wave energy, protecting houses and roads from floating debris. Greenbelt forests reduced the destructive effects of the 2011 tsunami at Sendai by "catching" entire seagoing vessels, preventing them from being washed inland.
Date
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/14221727021/
Author NASA
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS039-E-003841.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Licensing edit

Public domain
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was created by the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, of the NASA Johnson Space Center. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA media use guidelines or Conditions of Use of Astronaut Photographs). Photo source: ISS039-E-003841.

العربيَّة | Deutsch | English | español | français | italiano | kurdî | македонски | മലയാളം | português | sicilianu | +/−

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:50, 28 June 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:50, 28 June 20144,256 × 2,832 (1.39 MB)Ras67 (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 800mm lens to record a still image documenting the unusually heavy snows which fell on northern Japan this win...

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:ISS-39_Northern_Japan.jpg&oldid=564059925"