Earth from Space: Snow-kissed Alps

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 06:21 in Earth & Climate

The snow-capped, crescent-shaped Alps and Italy’s Apennines mountain chain are shown in this Envisat image. Snowfall in early winter – for meteorologists winter begins on the 1 December – covered the whole mountain areas with fresh snow, while the lower lands in the south and north of the mountains remained snow-free.

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