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Field photograph·Csn0238

Kyrenia Mountains with clouds and trees

Steep rocky mountain edge with small trees, looking down over a dark slope toward a distant coast and sea.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0238. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rocky cliff face rises on the left, with small bushy trees growing from the rock and boulders in the foreground. Beyond a dark, sloping expanse of vegetation, a flat band of land runs to the right toward a distant pale sea under a broad, cloudy sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Steep rocky mountain slope with scrub trees overlooking a coastal plain and distant sea under clouds.
Description, scan 2
A dark rocky cliff face rises on the left, with small scrub trees growing among boulders in the foreground. A wide hollow of dark scrubland falls away toward a pale strip of coast and a flat, hazy sea under a cloudy sky. On the right, pale rock outcrops and a slender tree stand in the foreground.

English, translated from the original record

Mountains with clouds and trees in the Kyrenia Mountains.

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