Image:Satellite image of France in August 2002.jpg

Satellite image of France in August 2002.

Slightly cropped image. Original taken from NASA's Visible Earth: . NASA's description:

Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

An unusually cloud-free France shows green and tan in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image acquired August 14, 2002, by the Terra satellite. The great city of Paris is visible in the upper centre of the image as a gray smudge against the landscape, and is even clearer in the higher resolutions of this image.

To the north, clouds mostly obscure the English Channel, but the Bay of Biscay to the west is clear, as is the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The northernmost portion of Spain is clearly visible at the bottom of the image, and is separated from France by the Pyrenees Mountain Range.

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This image was selected as a picture of the day for May 4, 2005. It was captioned as followed: English: France from space Asturianu: Francia dende'l espaciu. Беларуская: Францыя з космасу Български: Франция от космоса Català: França des de l'espai. Česky: Francie při pohledu z vesmíru Cymraeg: Frainc o'r gofod. Deutsch: Frankreich aus dem Weltraum gesehen English: France from space Español: Francia desde el espacio. Suomi: Elokuinen manner- Ranska satelliittikuvassa Français : La France vue de l'espace. Galego: Francia Italiano: La Francia vista dal satellite. 日本語: 宇宙から見た フランス 한국어: 우주에서 바라본 프랑스 Nederlands: Frankrijk vanuit de ruimte. Polski: Francja z kosmosu Português: França, vista do espaço Русский: Франция из космоса Slovenčina: Francúzsko pri pohľade z vesmíru Slovenščina: Peterokotna oblika Francije pri pogledu iz vesolja. Svenska: Satellitbild på Frankrike ไทย: ประเทศฝรั่งเศสเมื่อมองจากอวกาศ ‪中文(简体)‬: 法国卫星照片 ‪中文(繁體)‬: 法國 衛星空照圖。 Bân-lâm-gú: Tùi thài-khong khoàⁿ Hoat-kok.