A construction made in Spain is visible from space. It is not the Great Wall of Chinaas has always been said, is what is called the plastic sea of Almeria, which is made up of a large number of hectares of greenhouse fields from which fruits and vegetables are supplied to Spain and part of Europe. Pedro Ducthe first Spaniard to travel into space, confirmed that the only visible human construction is in southern Spain.
“What you see most is the greenhouse field south of Almeria, it’s what you see everywhere in the world,” he replied. Pedro Duc at the time when he was questioned by the works of man visible from space. The Spanish engineer was selected in May 1995 as a reserve scientific astronaut for the Spacelab Life and Microgravity mission and thus flew during the months of June and July 1996 aboard NASA’s STS-78 shuttle.
This is why, after becoming the first Spaniard to travel into space, the former Minister of Government by Pedro Sánchez, also gave the reasons why the sea of plastic in Almeria It is the only building visible from space. “They cover such a large area that it probably caused a localized cooling effect because the white roofs reflect a significant amount of sunlight,” he said, while denying what has always been said: that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the universe. “It’s a wall, not very high, made with the same materials as the land around it,” he said in an interview.
“Almerian agriculture is the artificial structure that attracts the most attention from space. The greenhouses are visible from very far away in space and attract a lot of attention. The Great Wall of China You can’t see it, you can see the pyramids if you look carefully because they are in the desert. What attracts the most attention is the area of the greenhouses of AlmeriaThis white area, which is the size of 100,000 football fields, is the most striking. “If a Martian came, it would attract his attention,” he added at the time during an event at University of Almeria.
The construction of Spain seen from space
The sea of plastic Almeria It is one of the most important buildings in the world and therefore it is not surprising that it is visible from space. Around 1950, farmers in southern Spain understood that under plastic and with a drip system, their agricultural production was greater and that is why they began to install tents until forming a greenhouse of 28,500 hectares with facilities that produce between 2 and 0.5 years. and 3.5 million tons each year of fruits and vegetables. In this way, the ingredients consumed in the Iberian Peninsula and in part of Europe come from this region of Spain.
From the 70,000 greenhouses what has Spainand which makes it the second country in the world with the most installations of this type behind China, 30,000 in total are located in this autonomous community that is the garden of Europe.
This sea of plastic Almeria Its epicenter is in the town of El Ejido, which is the one with the most hectares of greenhouses. What began in its time as a method to generate a faster and better product, has become a pride of this province in the world and the main source of business for this part of Spain that has the privilege of being able to be seen from space. . It is not the Great Wall of Chinabut the person who has been in space has clearly indicated that the only visible construction is in Spain and is the sea of plastic with its greenhouses in Almeria.
