British Virgin Islands

Forfatter/Opretter:

Jesse Allen

Kredit:

NASA Earth Observatory

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/1f7fb

kilde:

Wikimedia Commons

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2700 x 1800 Pixel (3032860 Bytes)

beskrivelse:

This true-colour image of Tortola and its smaller neighbours, Guana Island, Grand Camanoe, and Beef Island. The islands follow a roughly south-west-north-east trajectory. Gray-beige urbanized areas cling to the coast while Tortola’s interior remains mostly green, an arrangement driven by the islands’s topography. The biggest settlement fringes Road Bay. A straight line crossing Beef Island gives away the location of a small airport. Tortola’s carpet of green suggests a lush rainforest, but the island actually supports a patch of drought-resistant forest, in addition to plants accustomed to more water. Tortola’s climate and land surface are well suited to raising livestock, but tourism and financial services are the primary industries.

Licens:

Public domain