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Powderhorn Park
44.942944°,-93.256916° - Nearmap
Powderhorn Park is a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting mostly of single-family homes, duplexes and some low-rise apartment buildings. The community's eponymous park system and lake — shown at the center of this Overview — hosts local sporting events, community education classes, and ice skating in the winter.
Calgary Low-Angle
51.045119°,-114.071139° - Nearmap
Check out this Overview of Downtown Calgary captured at a low angle. With more than 1.3 million inhabitants, Calgary is the third-largest city in Canada and largest in the province of Alberta. Several city landmarks are visible from this perspective, including Calgary Tower, Prince’s Island Park, and The Bow — a crescent-shaped skyscraper.
Haneda Airport
35.553333°,139.781111° - Vantor
Haneda Airport is one of two international airports serving Greater Tokyo, Japan. Officially known as Tokyo International Airport, it opened in 1931 and has gradually expanded on reclaimed land to encompass three passenger terminals and four runways. Haneda handled upwards of 87 million passengers in 2018, making it the third-busiest airport in Asia and the fourth-busiest in the world.
Fraser River Log Booms
49.212508°,-123.192037° - Nearmap
Log booms, each containing hundreds of logs tied together, are transported along the Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The river provides a direct route to sawmills and pulp-and-paper mills along its banks, and also serves as temporary freshwater storage before shipping overseas. In 2021, approximately 8.9 billion Canadian dollars worth of lumber was exported from British Columbia to the rest of the world.
Nice
43.703389°,7.266306° - Vantor
Nice is the fifth most populated city in France, with roughly one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. Located in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is part of the tourist-popular French Riviera. It has one of the highest hotel capacities in France and during a regular year is visited by more than four million tourists.
Churchill Downs
38.203056°,-85.770000° - Nearmap
The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place today at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” the 1.25-mile (2-km) race is the first leg of the American Triple Crown series, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Roughly 150,000 people will be in attendance for the race, and millions more will watch at home.
Willie Creek
-17.762556°,122.237278° - Vantor
Willie Creek is a protected tidal estuary roughly 10.5 miles (17 km) north of Broome, Western Australia. The creek’s calm, nutrient-rich waters make it an ideal habitat for the Pinctada maxima oyster, which produces world-renowned pearls.
Panama Canal
9.119829°,-79.754230° - Google Timelapse
The Panama Canal runs about 40 miles (65 km) across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Completed in 1914, it saves ships traveling between the east and west coasts of the United States up to 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km). Between 2007 and 2016, the canal underwent a major expansion project that doubled its capacity and allowed larger ships to pass through it.
Mall of America
44.854167°,-93.242222° - Nearmap
Mall of America, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, is the largest mall in the Western Hemisphere and the 11th largest shopping mall in the world. With a gross area of 129 acres (52 hectares), the mall’s rectangular floor plan contains more than 500 stores on three levels. Approximately 40 million people visit the mall every year.
La Plata
-34.921111°,-57.954444° - Vantor
The planned city of La Plata — the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina — is characterized by its strict, square grid pattern. At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the new city was awarded two gold medals in the categories “City of the Future” and “Better Performance Built.” La Plata has a population of around 772,000 people.
Changma Reservoir
39.940368°,96.814933° - Google Timelapse
The Changma River, in north-central China, was dammed in 2002 to provide a reservoir and irrigation to resource-poor areas of Gansu Province. The project aimed to increase production of food grains and commodity crops and to alleviate poverty for some 200,000 poor farmers living in the region. Though 159 households were involuntarily relocated to accommodate the dam, the per-capita net income of communities around it has risen since it was constructed.
Mesa, Arizona
33.324370°,-111.607382° - Nearmap
The population of Mesa, Arizona has grown 26.4% since 2000, faster than a majority of similarly sized U.S. cities in that time. This Overview shows newly constructed houses in Eastmark, a residential community on the eastern fringe of the city. Mesa is part of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the nation fueled by immigration, retirees, and the arrival of tech companies and new job opportunities.
Illegal Mining in Peru
-13.009001°,-70.515470° - Vantor
In the last two decades, illegal gold mining has been on the rise in the Peruvian Amazon. This Overview shows the effects of illegal mining in an area called La Pampa, located along the Madre de Dios River. Criminal organizations here bring in as much as $300 billion a year in gold while contributing to deforestation and contaminating soil and water.
Taipei
25.040898°,121.562292° - Vantor
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan as well as its economic, political and cultural center. This Overview focuses on the Xinyi District, home of the Taipei 101 skyscraper (the world’s tallest building from 2004-2009), the Taipei Dome sports complex, and National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. Some 2.7 million people live in Taipei.
Paraná River
-24.825466°,-54.419993° - Vantor
The Paraná River flows for some 3,030 miles (4,880 km) in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. The section of the river seen here forms the border between Brazil (right) and Paraguay (left). This Timelapse also shows years of deforestation in Paraguay, where 15.5 million acres (6.2 million hectares) of tree cover has been lost between 2001 and 2019.
Strait of Gibraltar
35.966667°,-5.483333° - Planet
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow channel that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa. It is 36 miles (58 km) long and just 8 miles (13 km) across at its most narrow point. Around 300 ships cross the Strait of Gibraltar each day — about one ship every five minutes.
Tbilisi
41.722500°,44.792500° - Vantor
Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of Georgia, with a population around 1.5 million people. Located on the banks of the Kura River, the city has the shape of an amphitheatre, surrounded by mountains on three sides. Tbilisi's history is reflected in its architecture, which is a mix of medieval, neoclassical, Beaux Arts, Art Nouveau, Stalinist, and Modern structures.
Baljenac
43.703199°,15.727591° - Vantor
Baljenac is a small island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. Although it is only about 34 acres (14 hectares) in area, it contains a network of roughly 14 miles (23 km) of low stone walls — making it resemble a fingerprint from above. Baljenac is uninhabited; its walls were built by residents of the nearby island of Kaprije to separate crop fields and vineyards.
Bingham Canyon Mine
40.523000°,-112.151000° - Vantor
The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mine in Salt Lake City, Utah. At 2.5 miles (4 km) wide and 0.75 miles (1.2 km) deep, it is the largest man made excavation in the world. It is also considered to have produced more copper than any other mine in history – more than 17,000,000 tons.
Damage in Khartoum
15.589444°,32.553056° - Vantor
Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, has been gripped by violence for days as rival Sudanese military factions battle for control. This Overview shows numerous airplanes destroyed or damaged at Khartoum International Airport on Monday, April 17th. At least 270 people have been killed and more than 2,600 injured in the unrest.
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