This Envisat image features a cloud-free France, located in Western Europe. As visible, France’s topography is one of the most varied in Europe, ranging from broad plains to the continent’s highest peak. Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument acquired this image on 15 August 2009.
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