Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Cyprus: Island of Snakes,… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search Seasonal rains had started to fill Akrotiri Salt Lake when the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured this image of Cyprus’s Akrotiri Peninsula on October 10, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison The island of Cyprus began to form some 90 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous , with molten rock pouring from the seafloor, solidifying, and building new oceanic crust . Over time, portions of this oceanic rock were wrenched upward...
