County Kerry, Ireland
Photo ID P-47123
August 1, 1996
The Iveragh Peninsula, one of the four peninsulas in southwestern
Ireland, is shown in this spaceborne radar image.
The lakes of Killarney National Park are the green patches on
the left side of the image. The mountains to the right of the
lakes include the highest peaks (1,036 meters or 3,400 feet)
in Ireland. The patchwork patterns between the mountains are
areas of farming and grazing. The delicate patterns in the
water are caused by refraction of ocean waves around the
peninsula edges and islands, including Skellig Rocks at the
right edge of the image. The Skelligs are home to a 15th
century monastery and flocks of puffins. The region is part of
County Kerry and includes a road called the "RING OF KERRY"
that is one of the most famous tourist routes in
Ireland.
This image was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) onboard the Space
Shuttle Endeavour on April 12, 1994. The
image is 82 kilometers by 42 kilometers (51 miles by 26 miles)
and is centered at 52.0 degrees north latitude, 9.9 degrees west
longitude. North is toward the lower left.
The colors are assigned to different radar frequencies
and polarizations of the radar as follows:
red is L-band, horizontally transmitted and received;
green is L-band, vertically transmitted and received;
and blue is C-band, vertically transmitted and received.
SIR-C/X-SAR, a joint mission of the German, Italian and
United States space agencies, is part of NASA's Mission
to Planet Earth program.
![[KERRY, IRELAND]](KERRY.GIF)