Envisat looks at Iceland

This Envisat image features a snow-covered Iceland, a volcanic island famous for its volcanoes, glaciers, lakes, lava and hot springs. Visible in the lower left of the image is Lake Pingvallavatn, the largest lake in the country. Also visible is the country’s capital, Reykjavik, located on the western coast, slightly southwest of Lake Pingvallavatn. This 26 February 2007 image was acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) working in full resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.