Tripoli from Space

Agricultural smallholdings outside central Tripoli are dwarfed next to a set of vast irrigated fields, as seen from the Korea Multi-purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT-1) of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), kindly provided under ESA Third Party Mission co-operation. Its successor, KOMPSAT-2 is due to launch this year.

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