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Field photograph·C02777·1930

Mountains and rocks

Rocky, scrubby ground in the foreground with a range of hills and scattered trees behind it
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02777. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over stony, sparsely vegetated ground in the foreground, with low lines of stones running across the middle distance. Behind them a range of bare, rounded hills rises under an empty sky, with scrubby bushes and a few trees on the slopes and a flat plain at the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stony ground with scattered scrub in front of rugged, tree-dotted hills at Mersinaki
Description, scan 2
A stony, sparsely vegetated field fills the foreground, with low lines of rubble and scattered scrub. Behind it rise rugged, scrub-covered hills with a few trees along their slopes, under a pale, cloudy sky. Open country stretches off to the right edge of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Mountains and rocks.

Swedish, as on the record

Berg och stenar.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)