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Field photograph·C06809

Landscape in Troodos, Mesaoria during a storm

Open plain with scrubby bushes and distant hills under heavy clouds, with a small shed at the right edge.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06809. Public domain (CC0).

Description

An open, flat plain fills the foreground, with low scrubby bushes and a few trees scattered across it. A line of hills and mountains lies along the horizon beneath heavy, dark clouds that fill most of the sky. A small light-coloured shed stands at the right edge beside a tall tree.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Open landscape with distant mountains, low shrubs and a small white building under a stormy sky
Description, scan 2
A wide view across flat, open ground with scattered low shrubs, toward a line of distant mountains under heavy, dark clouds. A small white building stands at the right edge beside tall trees, and a lighter haze hangs over the hills. The foreground is bare, stony ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Picture of a landscape in Troodos, Mesaoria during a storm. Mesaoria.

Swedish, as on the record

Bild av landskapet i Troodos, Mesaoria under oväder.

Swedish, as on the record

Messaorea