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Earth from Space: The Gulf of Aden – the gateway to Persian oil

13 April 2006

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The Gulf of Aden, captured in this Envisat image, is located in the Indian Ocean and is situated between Yemen (seen above the gulf) on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia (seen below the gulf) in Africa. Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) acquired this image on 1 March 2005.

Credits: ESA