Ragusa and Water Currents off Southern Sicilian Coast, Italy
36.9N 14.7E
Sicily, Italy - May 11th, 2009
Ships, appearing as little white dots, navigate through the water currents spiralling off the southern coast of Sicily in this ASAR (radar) image.
A few ships are visible near the city of Gela on the coast of the Gulf of Gela, in the upper left quadrant. Many others can be seen in the full image to the east of the islands of Malta (bottom right) and Gozo (bottom left).
The city of Ragusa is visible as a white area in the upper right quadrant. It was built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica.
The hills and valleys of the surrounding terrain are visible without geometric distortion thanks to correction with the orthorectification technique.
