Here’s Looking @ Earth… Above The Archipelago…

The European Space Agency offers this Envisat image capture of the Republic of Cape Verde. This is a group of volcanic islands located in the North Atlantic Ocean some 600 km off Africa’s west coast. Islands visible from top left to right are Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava.


This image was created by combining three Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquisitions (November 21, 2006, May 6, 2007, and August 23 , 2009) taken over the same area. The colors in the image result from variations in the surface that occurred between acquisitions.