Photographs: Colour and Shape Much like on an OS map, the different colours on an aerial photograph can help you identify the possible uses of land and other features.
Trees: Can be dark or light green depending on their type
Rivers, lakes and seas: Will be different shades of blue or possibly silver depending on the light they reflect
Roads: Will be light grey
Identify the location of the following features in this image of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford: (i) trees, (ii) a body of water, (iii) roads
Cereals (crops such as barley or wheat): Will appear yellow or golden in colour.
Pastureland (grassland left for animals to graze): Will appear green or dark green.
Identify the location of the following features in this image: (i) an area of land used for crop growth, (ii) an area of land used for grazing
