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It's an absolutely stunning image in terms of detail. The question part is this: Off the coast of norway, in the patch of ocean not covered by clouds, there are several straight lines visible (best at full resolution). Are these image artifacts, or something else?
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I considered that already, but they do seem to be (near)perfectly parallel. They are indeed, as Vladsinger states, not very noticable at normal size viewing, but they do become clearly noticable on fullsize view.
52:. Glaciers also carved the mountains in Norway and northernmost Sweden. South of this mountainous region, however, Sweden consists mostly of flat, heavily forested land dotted with lakes. 155: 286: 341: 243: 188: 417: 228: 214: 393: 378: 320: 303: 359: 138: 260: 435: 124: 64:’s lakes, do not freeze completely during the winter months and can be seen clearly at the bottom of the peninsula. To the northeast of the peninsula lies 459: 385: 351: 449: 454: 17: 280: 44:
is as picturesque in the winter as it is cold. Along the left side of the peninsula, one can see the fjords lining
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Well, unless they are perfectly parallel waves, they are probably due to image stitching.
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useful and informative image with a good caption (even if it was borrowed from NASA).
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with more than 55,000 lakes, most of which were also created by glacial deposits.
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Though edited for space, clarity, and excessive detail.
76:High resolution, high quality NASA satellite photo 441: 460:Featured picture nominations/January 2009 424:Promoted File:Scandinavia.TMO2003050.jpg 163:- Nice, you can almost see my house. ;) 32: 14: 442: 236:- Beautiful image with high quality.-- 18:Knowledge:Featured picture candidates 268:. Large, detailed, and informative. 23: 450:Ended featured picture nominations 24: 471: 407:above issue hardly noticeable. 95:Climate of the Nordic countries 79:Articles this image appears in 13: 1: 455:Featured picture nominations 436:04:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC) 7: 418:00:55, 7 January 2009 (UTC) 394:22:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC) 379:00:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC) 360:21:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC) 342:14:35, 6 January 2009 (UTC) 321:01:04, 7 January 2009 (UTC) 304:00:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC) 287:20:42, 5 January 2009 (UTC) 261:13:03, 4 January 2009 (UTC) 244:08:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC) 229:21:52, 3 January 2009 (UTC) 215:00:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC) 189:00:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC) 156:21:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC) 139:19:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC) 125:17:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC) 10: 476: 347:Support & Question 91:Scandinavian Peninsula 69: 42:Scandinavian Peninsula 36: 28:Scandinavia in winter 196:- Most definitely ~ 114:Support as nominator 148:Massimo Catarinella 70: 60:, the largest of 467: 317: 283: 278: 211: 204: 201: 186: 179: 174: 169: 136: 121: 475: 474: 470: 469: 468: 466: 465: 464: 440: 439: 315: 281: 276: 213: 209: 202: 199: 182: 175: 170: 165: 134: 119: 31: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 473: 463: 462: 457: 452: 421: 420: 401: 400: 399: 398: 397: 396: 363: 362: 344: 332:. Gorgeous. 326: 325: 324: 323: 307: 306: 289: 263: 251:- nice image, 246: 231: 217: 207: 191: 158: 141: 127: 110: 109: 104: 101: 80: 77: 74: 30: 25: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 472: 461: 458: 456: 453: 451: 448: 447: 445: 438: 437: 433: 429: 425: 419: 416: 414: 412: 406: 403: 402: 395: 391: 387: 382: 381: 380: 377: 375: 373: 367: 366: 365: 364: 361: 357: 353: 348: 345: 343: 339: 335: 331: 328: 327: 322: 319: 318: 311: 310: 309: 308: 305: 301: 297: 293: 290: 288: 285: 284: 279: 274: 273: 267: 264: 262: 258: 254: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 221: 218: 216: 212: 206: 205: 195: 192: 190: 187: 185: 180: 178: 173: 168: 162: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 142: 140: 137: 131: 128: 126: 123: 122: 115: 112: 111: 108: 105: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 81: 78: 75: 72: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 29: 19: 423: 422: 410: 404: 371: 346: 334:Spikebrennan 329: 313: 291: 270: 269: 265: 248: 238: 233: 219: 197: 193: 183: 176: 171: 166: 160: 143: 129: 117: 113: 58:Lake Vättern 37: 27: 87:Scandinavia 54:Lake Vänern 444:Categories 224:Chasingsol 99:Östersund 428:Wronkiew 296:Fletcher 200:ωαdεstεr 132:Lovely. 38:Original 405:Support 330:Support 316:Spencer 292:Support 272:Nautica 266:Support 249:Support 239:Caspian 234:Support 220:Support 194:Support 161:Support 144:Support 130:Support 120:Spencer 103:Creator 83:Ice age 66:Finland 50:ice age 386:Fransw 352:Fransw 135:Durova 73:Reason 62:Sweden 46:Norway 413:inger 374:inger 210:«talk 184:orium 16:< 432:talk 409:vlad 390:talk 370:vlad 356:talk 338:talk 300:talk 277:Shad 257:talk 253:M.K. 241:blue 152:talk 107:NASA 56:and 167:The 446:: 434:) 426:-- 392:) 358:) 340:) 302:) 282:es 259:) 203:16 177:ft 172:Le 154:) 146:-- 116:-- 97:, 93:, 89:, 85:, 430:( 411:§ 388:( 372:§ 354:( 336:( 298:( 255:( 150:(

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Knowledge:Featured picture candidates
Scandinavia in winter

Scandinavian Peninsula
Norway
ice age
Lake Vänern
Lake Vättern
Sweden
Finland
Ice age
Scandinavia
Scandinavian Peninsula
Climate of the Nordic countries
Ă–stersund
NASA
Spencer
17:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Durova
19:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Massimo Catarinella
talk
21:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
TheLeft
orium
00:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
ωαdεstεr16
«talk
00:17, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Chasingsol

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