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Field photograph·C06771

Mesaoria

Sunbeams breaking through dark clouds above a line of trees on a flat plain, with faint mountains on the left horizon.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06771. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Light breaks through a heavy, dark cloud cover and spreads rays across the sky above a dark band of trees on a flat plain. Faint mountains show at the far left, and a horizontal fence or rail runs along the left edge in the foreground. The lower part of the picture is in deep shadow, and fine scratches mark the print.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Sunset rays breaking through dark clouds over the Mesaoria plain, with a line of trees silhouetted on the horizon.
Description, scan 2
Light breaks through dark, layered clouds above a flat, open landscape. A line of trees forms a dark silhouette along the horizon, with faint hills visible at the left edge. The foreground is almost entirely in shadow, and fine scratches mark the print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The picture shows the sunset in the cloudy sky. Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Messaorea

Swedish, as on the record

Mesaoria är en bred, svepande slätt som utgör den norra delen av ön Cypern och dess namn betyder "området mellan bergen". Bilden visar solnedgången på den molniga himlen. Nicosia, Svenska Cypernexpeditionen.