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Field photograph·C09734

Kyrenia Mountains

Rocky outcrop with scrub on a mountainside in the Kyrenia Mountains
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09734. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall, craggy rock outcrop rises on a steep hillside, its surface broken and weathered. Scrub bushes grow at its base and a stony, gravelly slope spreads across the foreground. The sky is pale and empty, with a hint of flat land visible at the lower right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Rocky crag with scrub and loose stones on a hillside in the Kyrenia Mountains
Description, scan 2
A tall, craggy rock outcrop rises from a steep hillside on the right, with a smaller rock pinnacle to its left. Low shrubs grow among the outcrop, and the foreground is covered with loose stones and rubble. The sky fills the upper part of the frame, and a distant view of land is visible at the lower right edge.

English, translated from the original record

The Kyrenia Mountains, with bushes and stones.

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