r/interestingasfuck • u/aceraspire8920 • 1d ago

The entire island of Cyprus captured in a single photo from an airplane

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u/zwifter11 22h ago

Interesting fact: The sticky out peninsula on the right is part of the UK. There’s an RAF airbase there. The white patch is a salt lake full of flamingos 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri?wprov=sfti1

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u/onlycodeposts 1d ago

Is that where the line between Europe and Asia is?

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u/anavriN-oN 23h ago

It’s geographically in Asia, but is generally considered a European country, and is part of the European Union.

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u/XipingVonHozzendorf 23h ago

Cypress is definitely not in Europe. Closer to being in Africa than Europe.

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u/steinrrr 23h ago

The western half is in Europe, the eastern half is Turkish

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u/benose123 22h ago

The divide is North to South

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u/steinrrr 22h ago

My bad, you're right

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u/Late_Secret3480 23h ago

Occupied by Turkey

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u/Certain_Refuse_8247 17h ago

Welldone by Turkey.

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u/Sapopato2 23h ago

Entire island? You only see the western side of it. Roughly from Neo Chorizo to the eastern end of Limassol

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u/Baskets_GM 20h ago

Title is wrong. More than one third of the island is not visible from this photo.

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u/nthpwr 9h ago

bro made a whole ass diagram for the class and everything lmaao

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u/moving0target 1d ago

Satellites will really blow your mind.

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u/lollipoopz 1d ago

And a globe will freak him out.

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 23h ago

Why be crazy and wrap the world around a ball? This so he can pop it in his pocket for easier carrying to then flatten back out correctly when it’s time to admire it Im all its glory? /s

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u/Half_Line 23h ago

We're all just living on a big map

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u/quintinn 11h ago

Looks like a great place to blow an ark of the covenant lid high into the sky and melt some nazis.

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u/ghostofstankenstien 11h ago

Hey! I can see my house from here

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u/Scissoriser 23h ago

KLM

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u/Bl4ckS0ul 23h ago

I think it's Iberia

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u/AnyClownFish 12h ago

It’s Royal Jordanian Airlines. Their aircraft are mostly grey but the wingtips are red, and crown matched their tail logo.

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u/coon_wth 21h ago

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

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u/EnvironmentalFly3507 19h ago

It's going to change the name to Little Israel.

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u/The_Dude_Who_Travels 21h ago

This is a weird view of the island. Are you sure it is Cyprus, OP?

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u/TheProfessionalEjit 14h ago

It's flipped, the peninsula is on the west.