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Buenos Aires
-34.603333°,-58.381667° - Maxar
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, with more than 2.8 million residents. Architecture in the city is eclectic; due to immigration, there is a mix of Colonial, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic and French Bourbon styles. This Overview shows several of Buenos Aires’ 48 barrios, or neighborhoods, including Almagro, Boedo, Caballito and San Cristóbal.
Skafta River
63.775112°,-18.096280° - Maxar
Glacial melting and flooding occurs every year by the Skafta River in Iceland. As the water travels down towards the North Atlantic Ocean, incredible patterns are created on the hillsides. Rising lava, steam vents, or newly opened hot springs can all cause this rapid ice melt, leading to a sizable release of water that picks up sediment as it flows down from the glaciers.
Lima, Peru
-12.060000°,-77.037500° - Planet
Lima is the capital and largest city of Peru, with a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area. It is located on mostly flat terrain in the Peruvian coastal plain, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This Overview also shows Isla San Lorenzo, Peru’s largest island, just offshore of the city.
Cairo New Capital
30.013550°,31.748478° - Maxar
A large-scale project to build a new capital city in Cairo, Egypt, has been under construction since 2015. The city, which is yet to be named, lies just east of Cairo and will house Egypt’s main government departments, ministries and foreign embassies. Once finished, it will cover 270 square miles (700 sq. km) and have a population of at least 6.5 million, in hopes of relieving congestion in Cairo.
Congo River
0.528910°,18.330720° - Maxar
The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa, with an overall length of 2,920 miles (4,700 kilometers). This Overview shows a section flowing through the Ngiri Reserve, a protected area in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since roads and railways are sparse in Central Africa, the Congo River is a lifeline for trading goods like copper, palm oil, sugar, coffee, and cotton.
Marrakesh
31.633083°,-7.986167° - Maxar
The medina quarter in Marrakesh, Morocco, is characterized by its winding, maze-like streets. Since the intricately connected honeycomb of alleyways narrows to less than a meter (about 3 feet) wide in certain spots, the area is generally free from car traffic.
Rovinj
45.083333°,13.633333° - Maxar
Rovinj, officially known as Rovinj-Rovigno, is a city in Croatia with roughly 15,000 residents. Located on the Istrian Peninsula in the north Adriatic Sea, it is a popular tourist destination and an active fishing port. Most people in Rovinj are bilingual, speaking Croatian and Italian — and a handful even speak Istriot, an endangered Romance language with less than 1,000 speakers left.
Incheon International Airport (ICN)
37.463333°,126.440000° - Planet / Google Timelapse
Incheon International Airport is located thirty miles west of Seoul, South Korea. Construction of the facility began in November 1992 on reclaimed land between Yeongjong Island and Youngyu Island, and took eight years to finish. As of 2019, the airport is the 14th busiest in the world with more than 71 million yearly passengers. Visit our Instagram @dailyoverview to watch a Timelapse video of the airport being built.
Manicouagan Reservoir
51.127222°,-68.747222° - Airbus Space
Manicouagan Reservoir is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada. Annular lakes, also called impact crater lakes, are ring-shaped bodies of water formed by the impact of a meteor; and Manicouagan was formed by a meteorite around 214 million years ago. Covering 1,942 square kilometers (750 square miles), it is clearly seen from space and is sometimes called the “eye of Quebec.”
Lençóis Maranhenses
-2.553460°,-43.061980° - Maxar
Colorful patterns are seen in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, a 380,000-acre (155,000-hectare) protected area in northeastern Brazil. The park contains miles of rolling sand dunes, the valleys of which fill with freshwater lagoons during the rainy season and are prevented from draining by impermeable rock beneath. With 43 miles (70 km) of Atlantic coastline, Lençóis Maranhenses is home to a range of species, including four that are endangered: the scarlet ibis, the neotropical otter, the oncilla and the West Indian manatee.
Mauna Loa Eruption
19.479444°,-155.602778° - Maxar
Mauna Loa volcano, on Hawaii’s Big Island, began erupting late Sunday evening for the first time in 38 years. This nighttime images shows lava spilling out along the Northeast Rift Zone, with the longest lava flow stretching more than 1.25 miles (2 kilometers). With an estimated volume of 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 cubic kilometers), Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth.
Chuquicamata
-22.305461°,-68.902242° - NASA / Google Timelapse
Chuquicamata is one of the largest copper mines in the world. Located in northern Chile, the facility has been open since 1882, but much of the mine’s excavation and expansion has occurred since the late 1960s when the Chilean government assumed control of the copper industry. Chuquicamata reaches a depth of 850 meters (2,790 ft) and produces over 400,000 tons of metal annually.
New Orleans
29.950000°,-90.080000° - Planet
New Orleans is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, with a metropolitan population of nearly 1.3 million. It is located between Lake Pontchartrain (seen here at right) and the Mississippi River, approximately 105 miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. More than half of New Orleans is at or below sea level, and much of the city is gradually sinking, which makes it particularly vulnerable to flooding.
Milan
45.466944°,9.190000° - Maxar
Milan is a major city in northern Italy, with more than 3.1 million people living in its metropolitan area. The city is considered one of the world's four fashion capitals (along with London, New York, and Paris) thanks to several international events and fairs, including Milan Fashion Week. This Overview focuses on the eastern side of Milan, cross-crossed by wide boulevards that come together at large, open squares called “piazzali.”Read the full story →
Ushuaia
-54.801944°,-68.303056° - Maxar
Ushuaia, Argentina, is nestled between the Martial Mountains and the Beagle Channel near the southernmost tip of South America. Nicknamed “The End of the World,” the city of roughly 75,000 people is 680 miles (1,100 km) from the Antarctic Peninsula. Seen in these Overviews is Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport, the world’s southernmost international airport.
Amsterdam
52.366667°,4.900000° - Maxar
This Overview details the canal system of Amsterdam — known as “Grachten.” In the early 17th century, when immigration was at a peak, a comprehensive plan for the city’s expansion was developed with four concentric half-circles of canals emerging at the main waterfront (seen on the right-hand side of this Overview). In the centuries since, the canals have been used for defense, water management, and transport. They remain a hallmark of the city to this day.
Queensland Bauxite Mining
-12.629800°,141.878100° - Google Timelapse
Weipa Town, in Far North Queensland, Australia, has seen a steady growth of bauxite mining in recent decades. Bauxite, the main raw material used to make aluminum, is surface mined using bulldozers and scrapers and the removed topsoil is stored for later revegetating and restoration. Since 1963, mines around Weipa have produced about 34 million metric tons of bauxite.
Angkor Wat
13.412500°,103.866667° - Maxar
Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia that is the largest religious monument in the world — first it was Hindu, then Buddhist. Constructed in the 12th century, the 820,000-square-meter site features a moat and forest that harmoniously surround a massive temple at its center.
Dasht-e Kavir
34.797689°,54.728858° - Planet
Dasht-e Kavir is a large desert in the middle of the Iranian Plateau. Spanning roughly 30,000 square miles (77,600 square kilometers), temperatures in the “Great Salt Desert” can soar up to 122°F (50°C), causing extreme vaporization that turns marshes and mud grounds into swirling crusts of salt, as seen in this segment of the desert here.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
11.212896°,35.094475° - Planet
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, located on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, has been under construction since 2011 and is expected to be complete in 2023. It impounds the Millennium Reservoir, which has been filling since 2020, and will harness hydroelectricity to bring power to nearly half of Ethiopians. The dam has created controversy with downriver countries like Sudan and Egypt, who are concerned about drought as the reservoir is rapidly filled.
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