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Prince Albert, a town in the Great Karoo, South Africa, seen from space.

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Afrikaans: Prins Albert, 'n plattelandse nedersetting in die Koup, Suid-Afrika, is sigbaar op hierdie foto wat deur 'n bemanningslid van Sending 38 uit die Internasionale Ruimtestasie geneem is.
  • Bemanning van die ruimtestasie kan soms gedetailleerde landskapsbeelde met 'n 800 mm-lens bekom, soos hierdie uitsig oor die dorpie Prins Albert, 'n nedersetting met meer as 7 000 inwoners. Dit is sowat 355 kilometer oos van Kaapstad aan die voet van 'n beduidende bergreeks, die Swartberge, in die suide van Suid-Afrika geleë. Prins Albert, vernoem na die gemaal van koningin Victoria, verskyn as 'n groep witgekalkte geboue aan die voet van die berge (regs), met groter wonings nader aan die steil bergfront en kleiner wonings verder weg. Hierdie klein dorpie wat 250 jaar gelede gestig is, het meer as 'n dosyn geregistreerde historiese geboue in Victoriaanse en Kaaps-Hollandse boustyle.
  • Ondanks die dorp se geringe omvang en droë klimaat, kon dit danksy die klowe onmiddellik stroomop ontwikkel tot 'n produktiewe sentrum in die Karoo-halfwoestyn. Veral olyfboorde, maar ook ander gewasse, floreer op die valleibodem, en word omring deur skaap- en volstruisboerderye. Die Oukloof-opgaardam in die Cordiersrivier is heel regs, agter die Oukloofberge sigbaar, terwyl die vervlegde droë lope van die Sandrivier 'n diagonaal oor die beeld vorm. Links onder sluit die Sandrivier by die Gamka aan.
  • Hierdie en dergelike klein Karoo-dorpe dien as ontvlugtingsoorde vir bewoners van die groot, oorvol stede van Suid-Afrika, sodat toerisme die afgelope 20 jaar gedy het. Die hoogtes van die Swartberge, wat ter plaatse tot tussen 1 370 en 1 980 meter (of 4 500 en 6 500 voet) bo seevlak uittroon, ontvang wintersneeu (afwesig op hierdie somerbeeld) wat sorg vir skouspelagtige natuurskoon.
  • Die dorp is geleë op Dwykasedimente, die oudste van die Karoogesteentes, wat naamlik uit 'n vroeë ystyd dateer. Die Swartberge is 'n reeks in die Kaapse Plooigordel. Die berg word deur eng rivierravyne deurkerwe wat op indrukwekkende wyse die kromtrekking van sedimentlae ontbloot wat uit hierdie aloue bergbouende epog dateer.
English: Prince Albert, South Africa is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station.
  • Space station crews sometimes take detailed images with an 800 mm lens, such as this view of the small town of Prince Albert (population just more than 7,000). The town lies at the foot of the mountains known as the Great Swartberg in southern South Africa, about 220 miles (355 kilometers) east of Cape Town. Prince Albert, named after Queen Victoria's husband, appears as a cluster of whitewashed buildings (right) at the foot of the mountains, larger dwellings nearer the steep mountain front and smaller dwellings further away.
  • Despite its small size, the dry climate and the water supply from gorges immediately upstream (a small reservoir appears extreme left) have made it well-known as a productive point in the Karroo semidesert. Olive groves especially, with other crops, flourish on the valleys floors, surrounded by sheep and ostrich ranches. Founded 250 years ago, this small town retains more than a dozen registered historic buildings in the Victorian and Cape Dutch styles.
  • Based on this and other small Karroo towns as get-aways from South Africa's large, crowded cities, tourism has developed significantly in the last 20 years. Swartberg means Black Mountain in Afrikaans, and winter snow (not visible in this image) along the mountain tops (4,500-6,500 feet; 1,370-1,980 meters, above the town) makes for spectacular scenery. The mountains are part of the ancient Cape Fold Mountain Belt. Gorges through the mountains provide impressive side-on views of tightly folded and broken rock layers associated with the mountain-building episode.
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Other versions Original image Sand and Gamka Rivers Town and Oukloof Reservoir Town
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