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DOWN TO EARTH: Africa’s Atlas Mountains seen from space
29 Mar 2009
This image, acquired by the Envisat satellite's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on January 30, 2009, shows the Atlas Mountains in north-western Africa, a series of five ranges that separate the northern Mediterranean climate from the arid climate of the Sahara Desert (visible in the lower portion of image).
Morocco is home to three of the ranges—the High Atlas (visible covered in snow in left corner), Middle Atlas (visible as two patches of snow northeast of High Atlas) and Anti-Atlas (not included in this image but located southwest of High Atlas).
Also visible in the image are the Mediterranean Sea (top right), the Atlantic Ocean (left), the Strait of Gibraltar (connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean) and the southeastern part of Spain.
Adapted from information issued by ESA.
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