November 12, 2020. Click image for high-resolution view.
In standard Vietnamese culture, the dragon is an effective and spiritual legendary animal. According to legend, Vietnam was continuously battling burglars from the north countless years back. The Jade Emperor who ruled paradise (Ngọc Hoàng Thượng đế) sent out the Mother Dragon and her kids to assist beat the intruders. When the dragons came down, they instantly warded off an attack in the Eastern Sea, incinerating the opponents with fire and emeralds from their mouths.
After the fight, the dragons chose to remain in the mortal world, taking human kind to assist with farming and broadening the nation. Legend states the Mother Dragon landed in what is understood today as Hạ Long Bay; her kids set down in Bai Tu Long Bay. Some state the emeralds utilized throughout the attack were spread around the waters and formed the islands seen today.
The image at the top of this page reveals the 2 bays along the northeast coast of Vietnam, about 170 kilometers (100 miles) east of Hanoi. The image was gotten on November 12, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.
Hạ Long Bay—approximately significance “descending dragon”—is understood for a few of the most awesome landscapes in Vietnam. This World Heritage Site consists of about 1,600 islands and islets, the majority of topped with rain forests. Most of the islands are extremely high and unhabitable, so travelers explore their edges through boat.
Hạ Long Bay consists of Bai Tu Long Bay National Park to the northeast. The park includes 40 islands and practically 2,000 types of plants and animals—of which 70 are noted as threatened types. The park covers both land and water, consisting of broad-leaved rain forests, reef, and shallow water locations.
November 12, 2020
The image above programs among the bigger islands of Bai Tu Long Bay National Park. Close to coast, numerous anglers practice aquaculture, utilizing cages to raise grouper, cobia, tiger fish, king butler, and other fish.
Much of the location around the bays is consisted of limestone, with drowned karst landforms spread around the waters. In truth, the location includes some the most outstanding series of karst developments worldwide, permitting scientists to study the geoclimatic history in the location. The karst landforms look like pillars with various erosional functions such as cone-shaped peaks, arches, and caverns; some are 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) thick. The limestone started forming around 340 million years back when carbonate sediments from land went into the ocean. Over countless years, the limestone ultimately solidified and thickened into the popular karsts seen today.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, utilizing Landsat information from the U.S. Geological Survey.
