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.