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A Living Relic: Madeira’s Laurissilva Forest

The deep green forest that covers the northern mountains of Madeira Island is one of the last remnants of an ancient forest that once covered much of Europe and North Africa.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published May 15, 2010
Data acquired April 25, 2010

Source:
EO-1 > ALI
Topic:
Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Forests