Ireland (MODIS)

Forfatter/Opretter:

Jeff Schmaltz

Kredit:

NASA Earth Observatory

Shortlink:

https://dkwiki.dk/b/8789

kilde:

Wikimedia Commons

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1600 x 2200 Pixel (2816560 Bytes)

beskrivelse:

It is easy to see from this true-colour image why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. Intense green vegetation, primarily grassland, covers most of the country except for the exposed rock on mountaintops. Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.

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Public domain