images

Cyprus seen from satellite Envisat

by

Esa/Novapix

Reference

t-euchy-00001

Date

2008-06-12

This MERIS (MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) image focuses on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Nicosia, the capital and largest city, is situated towards the centre of the island. The green area in the southern central part of the island is the slopes of the Troodos Mountains, the highest point of which is Mt. Olympus (1951 m).