File:Strait of Gibraltar perspective.jpg

Summary

DescriptionStrait of Gibraltar perspective.jpg	English: "This perspective view shows the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, with a 3-times vertical exaggeration to enhance topographic expression. Europe (Spain) is on the left. Africa (Morocco) is on the right. The Rock of Gibraltar, administered by Great Britain, is the peninsula in the back left." (quotation taken from the more detailed NASA description page) View Size: 46 kilometers (28 miles) wide, 106 kilometers (66 miles) distance Location: 36 degrees North latitude, 5.5 degrees West longitude Orientation: Looking East, 15 degrees down from horizontal, 3X vertical exaggeration Image Data: Landsat Bands 1, 2+4, 3 as blue, green, red respectively Original Data Resolution: 30 meters (99 feet) Deutsch: Straße von Gibraltar; Aufnahme der NASA dreifach überhöht. Erstellt aus Daten von SRTM und Landsat Français : Vue en perspective du détroit de Gibraltar ouvrant sur la mer Mediterranée avec le Maroc à droite et l'Espagne a gauche. coté espagnol on remarque le rocher de Gibraltar, en face le petit rocher est Ceuta, territoire espagnol en terre africaine. Español: Peñón de Gibraltar
Date	24 October 2003, this image composite created using: 11 February 2000 (SRTM) 6 July 1987 (Landsat)
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03397
Author	NASA / JPL / NIMA
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: Strait of Gibraltar perspective-fr.svg Strait of Gibraltar perspective-it.svg

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