この写真は６月２８日（月曜日）バンクーバーで4６度Cを記録した日の陽の入り前9時20分ごろに撮ったものです。
I took this photo on Monday, June 28th at about 9:20pm just before the sunset.
今までも陽の入りの写真は何枚かとりましたが、こんなのは初めてです。
I took several sunset photos before but nothing is like this.
狂った熱のせいでしょうか？
Is it because of the crazy heat?
今年の夏は熱波のため、北米大陸の西海岸が異常な暑さです。
Due to the heat wave, the west coast of North America is experiencing the extraordinary hot weather.
そしてその一番北にあるカナダでさえも例外ではありません。
And even Canada, the northernmost part of it, is no exception.
冬は暖かく夏は涼しい温暖な気候を誇りにしている西海岸ですが、
The West Coast boasts a mild climate with warm winters and cool summers.
今年は全然そうではないのです。
However, this year is totally different.
ちなみに私が住んでいるバンクーバーの６月の平均気温は最高気温20度、最低気温12度で軽井沢や那須などの避暑地と同じくらいの涼しさです。
In Vancouver where I live, the average highest and lowest temperatures in June are 20C and 12C respectively, which are as cool asthe ones in summer resorts such as Karuizawa or Nasu.
ところが今年は６月２５日から２９日まで５日連続で30度を遥かに超える猛暑日が続きました。
However, this year, from June 25th to yesterday's 29th, we had five consecutive extraordinary hot days that exceeded 30C.
ピークは２８日の月曜日で内陸地では49.6度に達したところもありました。
Monday, the 28th was the hottest day, and the temperature even exceeded 4９C in some interior legions of British Columbia!
ニュースによるとブリティッシュ・コロンビア州ではこの異常な暑さのため２３７人の死亡者が確認されたそうです。
According to the news, as many as 237 people were killed in British Columbia due to the extraordinary heat.
気象学者たちによるとこの現象は地球温暖化の影響もあり、今後毎年続くだろうと言っています。
According to meteorologists, this unprecedented high temperature is partly due to global warming, and this phenomenon will continue to attack us every summer in the future.
あの猛暑日からちょうど１週間経ちバンクーバーは最高24度・最低16度とすっかり正常に戻りました。
It has been a week after the heat wave, Vancouver has returned to normal of H24/L16,
ただし内陸地では異常な高温と乾燥のため大規模な山火事で大騒動です。
Yet, there has been a frantic wildfire in interior BC caused by abnormal heat and dry weather.
I took this photo on Monday, June 28th at about 9:20pm just before the sunset.
今までも陽の入りの写真は何枚かとりましたが、こんなのは初めてです。
I took several sunset photos before but nothing is like this.
狂った熱のせいでしょうか？
Is it because of the crazy heat?
今年の夏は熱波のため、北米大陸の西海岸が異常な暑さです。
Due to the heat wave, the west coast of North America is experiencing the extraordinary hot weather.
そしてその一番北にあるカナダでさえも例外ではありません。
And even Canada, the northernmost part of it, is no exception.
冬は暖かく夏は涼しい温暖な気候を誇りにしている西海岸ですが、
The West Coast boasts a mild climate with warm winters and cool summers.
今年は全然そうではないのです。
However, this year is totally different.
ちなみに私が住んでいるバンクーバーの６月の平均気温は最高気温20度、最低気温12度で軽井沢や那須などの避暑地と同じくらいの涼しさです。
In Vancouver where I live, the average highest and lowest temperatures in June are 20C and 12C respectively, which are as cool asthe ones in summer resorts such as Karuizawa or Nasu.
ところが今年は６月２５日から２９日まで５日連続で30度を遥かに超える猛暑日が続きました。
However, this year, from June 25th to yesterday's 29th, we had five consecutive extraordinary hot days that exceeded 30C.
ピークは２８日の月曜日で内陸地では49.6度に達したところもありました。
Monday, the 28th was the hottest day, and the temperature even exceeded 4９C in some interior legions of British Columbia!
ニュースによるとブリティッシュ・コロンビア州ではこの異常な暑さのため２３７人の死亡者が確認されたそうです。
According to the news, as many as 237 people were killed in British Columbia due to the extraordinary heat.
気象学者たちによるとこの現象は地球温暖化の影響もあり、今後毎年続くだろうと言っています。
According to meteorologists, this unprecedented high temperature is partly due to global warming, and this phenomenon will continue to attack us every summer in the future.
あの猛暑日からちょうど１週間経ちバンクーバーは最高24度・最低16度とすっかり正常に戻りました。
It has been a week after the heat wave, Vancouver has returned to normal of H24/L16,
ただし内陸地では異常な高温と乾燥のため大規模な山火事で大騒動です。
Yet, there has been a frantic wildfire in interior BC caused by abnormal heat and dry weather.