Crimea
The Islands of Perekop, with a width of about 8km located at the joint part of the Crimea Peninsula, can be seen in the center of the image. The black line crossing through the straits is a railway. On the side of the bright red-colored water is the Sea of Azov and another on its opposite side, Karkinitskiy Bay linking to the Black Sea. In the Sea of Azov, the depth of the water is very shallow and a current is flowing in a counter-clock direction, causing eaarth and sand to pile up in the neighboring lsthumus of Perekop. Subsequently they were turned into a lot of beaches and sand bars, generating a complicated topography. Yalta was originally an island, but turned into a peninsula later as the result of the sand bar development.
The color of a bright red lake looks quite different from those of other lakes bays. The normal sea water absorbs sunlight and appears bright blue as the result of reflecting the blue color of the sky. We presume that the depth of the water in the red lake is so shallow that it reflects perhaps, earth and sand or sedimentation in the bottom of the lake. Differently from the scenery seen by eye, this satellite image indicates vegetation in green and earth in orange to red by computer processing. The white portion around the neighboring border with the lake may indicate that there are salt farms there.
The climate is mild on the Crimea Peninsula. A long time ago it prospered as a colony of Greece and today has been thriving as a nice tourist and resort spot.
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