This beautiful image captures parts of the Baltic region still covered in snows and ice, thanks to the European Space Agency’ Envisat.
The image captures several different landmarks, with parts of the Gulf of Bothnia at the top, the Gulf of Finland middle right, and the Gulf of Riga bottom right.
Taken on the 19th of April, 2011, the ice visible in the image was as thick as 50-80 centimetres, in the northern part of the Bay of Bothnia, a bay located off Finland’s western coast. The central and southern Bay of Bothnia was reported as having ice as thick as 30-70 centimetres.
All in all, clockwise from bottom, are parts of Sweden, Finland (top right), Russia (top and centre left), Estonia and Latvia (bottom right), and the Swedish islands of Öland and Gotland are visible at the bottom.
Source: European Space Agency
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I'm a Christian, a nerd, a geek, a liberal left-winger, and believe that we're pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! I’m a 27-year-old author and writer from Melbourne, Australia. My first book is in the "looking for an agent" phase right now while I write my second. I also review fantasy books over at Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk). I love words with a passion, both creating them and reading them.
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