{"id":241637,"date":"2016-06-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=a2e0c1e35f2dc349bc2bb14433248023"},"modified":"2016-06-24T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T08:00:00","slug":"mediterranean-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=241637","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nVarious countries in the Mediterranean Sea were captured last 10 May by the Sentinel-3A satellite, in this false-colour image.\n<\/p>\n

\nParts of Greece, Turkey and Libya are featured, showing their distinct relief differences. In the middle of the image is the Greek island of Crete, dominated by harsh mountains rising out of the sea.\n<\/p>\n

\nHome to hundreds of migratory bird species and some small wild animals, the landscape of Crete is characterised by mountain ranges reaching some 2400 m, along with natural harbours, coastal plains and the typical Mediterranean scrub.\n<\/p>\n

\nNorthwest of Crete is a large part of Greece\u2019s mainland, showing dense vegetation and agricultural landscape, while under the clouds a small part of Italy\u2019s \u2018heel and tip\u2019 are visible.\n<\/p>\n

\nAt top right, parts of southwestern Turkey are distinct, indicating a mixture of agricultural landscape and mountainous regions, where bare soil and rock formations prevail.\n<\/p>\n

\nAt the bottom of the image, Libya\u2019s arid desert is evident, with the Saharan plateau comprising some nine-tenths of the country, making it truly a sea of sand.\n<\/p>\n

\nLaunched last 16 February, Sentinel-3A carries four instruments working together, making it the most complex of all the Sentinel missions. Its Ocean and Land Colour Instrument offers a new eye on Earth, monitoring ocean ecosystems, supporting crop management and agriculture, and providing estimates of atmospheric aerosol and clouds \u2013 all of which will bring significant benefits to society.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis image is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\nVarious countries in the Mediterranean Sea were captured last 10 May by the Sentinel-3A satellite, in this false-colour image.\n<\/p>\n

\nParts of Greece, Turkey and Libya are featured, showing their distinct relief differences. In the middle of the image is the Greek island of Crete, dominated by harsh mountains rising out of the sea.\n<\/p>\n

\nHome to hundreds of migratory bird species and some small wild animals, the landscape of Crete is characterised by mountain ranges reaching some 2400 m, along with natural harbours, coastal plains and the typical Mediterranean scrub.\n<\/p>\n

\nNorthwest of Crete is a large part of Greece’s mainland, showing dense vegetation and agricultural landscape, while under the clouds a small part of Italy’s ‘heel and tip’ are visible.\n<\/p>\n

\nAt top right, parts of southwestern Turkey are distinct, indicating a mixture of agricultural landscape and mountainous regions, where bare soil and rock formations prevail.\n<\/p>\n

\nAt the bottom of the image, Libya’s arid desert is evident, with the Saharan plateau comprising some nine-tenths of the country, making it truly a sea of sand.\n<\/p>\n

\nLaunched last 16 February, Sentinel-3A carries four instruments working together, making it the most complex of all the Sentinel missions. Its Ocean and Land Colour Instrument offers a new eye on Earth, monitoring ocean ecosystems, supporting crop management and agriculture, and providing estimates of atmospheric aerosol and clouds – all of which will bring significant benefits to society.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis image is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241638,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241637\/revisions\/241638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}