Island of Crete, Greece

Författare/Upphovsman:

ISS Expedition 28 crew

Kreditera:

NASA Earth Observatory

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/1a169

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

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Beskrivning:

The western and central parts of Crete appear surrounded by quicksilver in this astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station. This phenomenon is known as sunglint, caused by light reflecting off of the sea surface directly toward the observer. The point of maximum reflectance is visible as a bright white region to the north-west of the island. Surface currents causing variations in the degree of reflectance are visible near the south-western shoreline of Crete and the smaller island of Gavdos (image lower left).

Licens:

Public domain