Snow in southern Africa

Winter snow blankets the heights of the Drakensberg Mountains in Lesotho in this Envisat image acquired over southern Africa.
Located at Lesotho’s northeastern border with the South African province of Kwazulu-Natal is the uKhahlamba–Drakensberg Park (just north of the northeastern corner of the snow-capped mountains in the image). Johannesburg – South Africa’s largest and most populous city – can be seen at the centre top of the image. The emerald green body of water located southeast of Johannesburg is South Africa’s biggest and third largest dam by volume – the Vaal Dam.