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English: In October 2017, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) focused a camera lens on Lake Garda or Lago di Garda, Italy’s largest lake. Nestled halfway between the major cities of Venice and Milan, Lake Garda is situated where the southern Alps meet the Po River Valley. The lake is 54 kilometers (34 miles) long and varies in width from 3 to 18 kilometers (2 to 11 miles).
The mild sub-Mediterranean climate and the Alpine topography have made Lake Garda a popular destination for tourism and watersports. It is well known for wind surfing and sailing due to dependable daily and seasonal wind patterns. These thermally driven winds are caused by the interaction of weather fronts between the mountains to the north and the plains to the south. Beyond outdoor activities, some people are attracted to the region for its historical importance. A few notable battles have been fought around Lake Garda, including the Roman Battle of Lake Benacus in 269 CE, the Battle of Solferino in 1859, and several events during World War I. The Po River Valley, south of Lake Garda, is also an important area for agriculture, producing rice, soybeans, corn, and wheat. The rich farmland is fed by glacial streams from the Alps.Deutsch: Im Oktober 2017 richtete ein Astronaut an Bord der Internationalen Raumstation (ISS) eine Kamera auf den Gardasee (Lago di Garda), Italiens größten See. Er ist auf dem halben Weg zwischen den Zentren Venedig und Mailand in die Südalpen eingebettet, wo diese an die Poebene stoßen. Er hat eine Länge von 54 Kilometern und eine Breite von 3 bis 18 Kilometern.
Das milde submediterrane Klima und die alpine Topographie haben den Gardasee zu einem beliebten Ziel für Tourismus und Wassersport gemacht. Er ist wegen seiner verläßlichen täglichen und saisonalen Windee bekannt für Windsurfen und Segeln. Diese thermisch getriebenen Winde werden verursacht durch die Interaktion von den Wetterfronten zwischen den Bergen im Norden und in der Ebene südlich des Sees. Abgesehen von den Outdoor-Aktivitäten werden die Menschen wegen ihrer historischen Bedeutung von der Region angezogen. Einige bedeutende Schlachten wurden rund um den Gardasee geschlagen, daruter 269 die römische Schlacht vom See Benacus, 1859 die Schlacht von Solferino und mehrere Gefechte während des Ersten Weltkrieges. Die Poebene südlich des Gardasees spielt mit der Produktion von Reis, Sojabohnen, Mais und Weizen auch eine wichtige Rolle in der Landwirtschaft. Das fruchtbare Ackerland wird bewässert durch Schmelzwasserströne aus den Alpen. |
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| Source | https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91803&src=iotdrss |
| Author | Astronaut photograph ISS053-E-136542 was acquired on October 27, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 290 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 53 crew. Caption by Andrea Meado, Jacobs Technology, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC. |
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The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.
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