Campo Imperatore in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park during summertime
Frederik Tack
Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Campo Imperatore, known as Italy's "Little Tibet" is a mountain grassland or alpine meadow formed by a high basin shaped plateau located in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy in the Gran Sasso massif. It is the largest plateau of the Apennine ridge. Campo Imperatore has a tectonic origin shaped by alluviums and glaciers. The plateau, which is 27 km in length and an average of 8 km in width, lies adjacent to the Apennines' highest peak Corno Grande, and Europe's southernmost glacier, the Calderone.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Frederik Tack (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
10.4 MB
Width
4800 px
Height
3216 px
Aspect
100:67
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS REBEL T1i
Exposure
15 mm f/9 1/400 s ISO 100
Taken
19 September 2011
Coordinates
42.4707, 13.5610
Tint
Light purplish gray
Submitted
28 February 2014
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