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English: An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) used the highest power lens available to document the complex patterns around Cape Coral, a master-planned city born in 1957. The development is a hub of the Fort Myers metropolitan area—one of the youngest cities in the United States and home to 680,000 people.
Cape Coral is also known to some as the “Waterfront Wonderland.” Many of the dark lines through this development on the Gulf of Mexico are not streets but a vast network of constructed canals totaling more than 400 miles (640 kilometers)—perhaps the longest canal shoreline in the world. The canal system is so extensive that local ecology and tides have been affected. Boat wakes (image center) appear as thin white lines on the wide Caloosahatchee River, which separates Cape Coral from Iona. The Caloosahatchee has been extensively engineered to assist river traffic. One such channel is the straight line (top left) cutting through the small islands, or keys. The 3,400 feet (1,000 meter) long Cape Coral Bridge (lower right) was opened in early 1964, just a few years after the founding of the city. The bridge significantly reduces travel times to the cities of Iona and Fort Myers on the opposite side of the river. Another bridge (on the left) leads to Sanibel Island, a popular tourist destination. Many of the shorelines are extensively covered by mangrove wetlands. Several areas in the region are protected, partly because mangroves protect coastlines against erosion. Manatees abound in the waters of Florida, and a wildlife refuge for manatees has been established on San Carlos Bay.Deutsch: Ein Astronaut an Bord der Internationalen Raumstation (ISS) verwendete das stärkste verfügbar Objektiv, um die komplizierten Muster um Cape Coral, eine 1957 nach einem Masterplan geschaffene Stadt, zu dokumentieren. Die Stadt ist ein Hub in der Fort Myers Metropolitan Area – in einer der jüngsten Citys in den Vereinigten Staaten leben 680.000 Einwohner.
Cape Coral ist manchen auch bekannt als das “Waterfront Wonderland.” Viele der dunklen Linien innerhalb der Bebauung am Golf von Mexiko sind keine Straßen, sondern ein ausgedehntes Netzwerk von Kanälen mit einer Gesamtlänge von mehr als 640 km – vielleicht die längste Kanaluferstrecke auf der Welt. Das Kanalsystem ist derart ausgedehnt, daß es die örtliche Ökologie und die Gezeiten beeinflußt Die Wellen von Booten (Bildzentrum) erscheinen als dünne weiße Linien auf dem breiten Caloosahatchee River, der Cape Coral von Iona trennt. Der Wasserlauf wurde ausgiebig verändert, um den Verkehr auf dem Fluß zu erleichtern. Eine derartige Fahrrinne zeigt die dünne Linie (oben links) zischen den kleinen Inseln (Keys). Die 1000 m lange Cape Coral Bridge (unten rechts) wurde Anfang 1964 eingeweiht, nur wenige Jahre nach der Gründung der Stadt. Die Brücke verkürzt die Fahrzeit nach Iona und Fort Myers auf dem gegenüberliegenden Ufer des Flusses. Eine weitere Brücke (links im Bild) führt nach Sanibel Island, einem beliebten Touristenziel. Viele der Uferlinien sind stark von Mangroven bewachsen, weil diese Schutz bieten gegen Küstenerosion. Rundschwanzseekühe leben in den Gewässern Floridas und ein Widschutzgebiet für diese Tiere wurde in der San Carlos Bay eingerichtet. |
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Source | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=88435&src=eorss-iotd |
Author | ISS Expedition 47 crew. Caption by M. Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Jacobs Contract at NASA-JSC. |
Other versions | File: ISS047-E-84351 Cape Coral, Florida (annotated).jpg |
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