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English Channel seen from space

auteur: ESA/Novapix

référence: t-eufra-00035

Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 19 cm

This image taken by satellite ENVISAT on july 14 2003, shows the English Channel separating the island of Great Britain from northern France, it also connects the North Sea to the Atlantic. The Strait of Dover is the narrowest point, only 34 km, from Dover to Cape Gris-Nez. In the upper part of the image most of England can be observed, from Plymouth to Margate along the coast and from Bristol to London (large bright area). The light green-bluish colours in the sea are the shallow waters of the Goodwin Sands. On the opposite side of the channel are the French regions of Brittany and Lower Normandy. To the left of Lower Normandy are the British islands of Jersey and Guernsey. 

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - BELGIUM - CALAIS - CALVADOS - CHANNEL - DOVER - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - ENGLAND - ENVISAT - EUROPE - FRANCE - MERIS - NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS - NORMANDY - NORTH SEA - PAS-DE-CALAIS - SATELLITE IMAGE - SEA - SEINE-MARITIME - STRAIT - THE NETHERLANDS - UNITED KINGDOM -