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Jatayu Earth Center
8.865885°,76.867261° - Vantor
Jatayu Earth Center, a park and tourism center in Kerala, southern India, boasts the world’s largest bird sculpture. Measuring 200 feet (61 m) long, 150 feet (46 m) wide and 70 feet (21 m) tall, it depicts Jatayu, a Hindu demi-god who took the form of a vulture. According to legend, Jatayu had one wing chopped off while attempting to save a kidnapped princess, which is why the sculpture only has one wing.
Rome
41.893333°,12.482778° - Airbus Space
Rome is the capital and most populous city of Italy, with upwards of 2.8 million inhabitants. Situated along the Tiber River, it has been an important religious, artistic and cultural hub for thousands of years and is generally considered the “cradle of Western civilization.” Also shown in this Overview is Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, located inside the Rome’s city boundaries.
Rolim de Maura Deforestation
-11.725339°,-61.818031° - Google Timelapse
Here’s roughly 4,100 square kilometers (1,600 sq. mi) of deforestation around Rolim de Moura, Brazil. This community, like many in Brazil’s state of Rondônia, has grown since the 1980s, when the government incentivized farmers to resettle here from more crowded areas in the south. In 1985, less than 10% of Rondônia was deforested for farming; but by 2017, 33% of its forested land had been converted to pasture and agriculture.
San Michele Island
45.447000°,12.347000° - Vantor
San Michele is an island in the Venetian Lagoon of northern Italy. It was declared an official cemetery by Napoleon in 1837 and is solely occupied by tombs and chapels. Among those buried on San Michele are composer Igor Stravinsky, poet Ezra Pound, physicist Christian Doppler, and Russian Princess Catherine Bagration.
International City Dubai
25.167111°,55.403250° - Vantor
International City is a neighborhood in Dubai, UAE, with numerous country-themed residences, business and tourist attractions. It currently has 10 country “clusters” inspired by China, England, France, Persia, Greece, Russia, Spain, Italy, Morocco and the Emirates. The arrangement of the city is inspired by traditional carpets of the Middle East.
Amazon Rainforest Clouds
-2.513200°,-61.712400° - Vantor
Clouds float over the Amazon Rainforest 120 miles (193 km) outside of Manaus, Brazil. This particular location lies within the Rio Negro State Park North Section, a more than 360,000-acre (146,000-hectare) protected area of which 87% is classified as dense rainforest. About 30 families live in the park; most are descendants of indigenous groups who make a living growing crops like bananas and cassava.
Statue of Unity
21.838000°,73.719100° - Vantor
The Statue of Unity, in Gujarat, India, is the world's tallest statue at a height of 597 feet (182 meters). Located on the Namarda River just south of Sardar Sarovar Dam, it depicts Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel, who was the first deputy prime minister of independent India. With its 190-foot (58-meter) base, the Statue of Unity is more than 2.5 times as tall as the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Bilbao
43.263147°,-2.935258° - Vantor
Bilbao is a city of about 350,000 people in the Basque Country of northern Spain. Its urban center, seen here along the River Nervión, features a grid of rectangular buildings and wide avenues, which is based on a similar design used in Barcelona. Within this Overview is the Doña Casilda Iturrizar public park, Guggenheim Bilbao museum and the Abando Indalecio Prieto railway station, Bilbao’s central station.
Taha'a and Raiatea
-16.816667°,-151.450000° - Airbus Space
The French Polynesian islands of Taha’a (top) and Raiatea (bottom) form a keyhole shape in the South Pacific Ocean. The two islands are enclosed by the same coral reef and may once have been a single landmass. Taha’a has a population of roughly 5,200 and Raiatea is home to about 12,500 people.
Rimini Beach Umbrellas
44.064972°,12.586833° - Vantor
Beach chairs and parasols dot the shoreline of Rimini Beach, in northern Italy. Located on the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is a city of roughly 150,000 people and is one of the most famous seaside resorts in Europe. Its 9-mile-long (14.5-km) sandy beach is surrounded by more than 1,000 hotels and thousands of bars, clubs and restaurants.
Iguazu Falls Surge
-25.695306°,-54.436735° - Vantor
Iguazu Falls, located on the Argentina-Brazil border, is experiencing a flow 10 times greater than usual after heavy rainfall in the region. With 275 cascades, the world’s largest waterfall system has a normal flow rate of 396,258 gallons of water per second. Last week, more than 3.8 million gallons per second were measured surging over the falls.
Veluwemeer Aqueduct
52.360887°,5.618397° - Floris Photography
Check out this shot of the Veluwemeer Aqueduct in Harderwijk, Netherlands. The 82-foot-long (32-meter), 10-foot-deep (3-meter) water bridge allows small watercraft to pass over the four-lane N302 motorway below. Both the aqueduct and the roadway have pedestrian crossings.
Mount Taranaki
-39.297166°,174.063228° - Vantor
Mount Taranaki is an active stratovolcano on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. A change in vegetation is sharply delineated between the protected national forest that encircles the volcano and the surrounding land comprised of intensively-farmed dairy pastures. Taranaki is 8,260 feet (2,518 meters) in elevation.
Goodyear Stack Interchange
33.461538°,-112.427498° - Nearmap
A stack interchange at the junction of Interstate 10 and Loop 303 in Goodyear, Arizona was constructed between 2012 and 2017. The $147 million project aims to improve access to the city of Goodyear and the broader "West Valley" of Arizona, in hopes of attracting manufacturing and other industries to the region. Loop 303 serves the western Phoenix metropolitan area, and Interstate 10 runs 2,460 miles (3,959 km) from California to Florida.
South Georgia Island
-54.400000°,-36.700000° - Vantor
Clouds blanket the coastline of South Georgia Island, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The island has no tree cover and is mountainous, with a central ridge and many fjords and bays along its coast. King Edward Point, a British Antarctic Survey research station, serves as the island’s capital and main settlement, with a population of about 20 people.
Crimean Bridge Explosion
45.308600°,36.506100° - Vantor
An explosion this morning destroyed sections of the Kerch Strait Bridge, which connects the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula to Russia. The 13-mile (21-kilometer) structure is the only bridge to cross the strait and has served as an important supply route for Russian troops fighting in southern Ukraine. This Overview shows collapsed sections of road and flames coming from a train on the bridge’s railroad section.
Fort Myers Beach Mobile Homes
26.447413°,-81.936657° - Nearmap
Mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida were picked up and carried away by the storm surge of Hurricane Ian. The floodwaters, which likely exceeded 6 feet (1.8 meters) in this area, were accompanied by damaging wind gusts of up to 155 mph (250 km/h). Incredibly, some residents rode out the storm in their mobile homes and survived.
Oktoberfest in Munich
48.132168°,11.550149° - Vantor
Today is the final day of Oktoberfest, an annual, two-week festival held in Munich, Germany. More than 6 million people attended this year’s festival, which returned after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. The festival comes to life in the Theresienwiese, Munich’s largest fairground at 4.5 million square feet (420,000 square meters).
Wreckage in Fort Myers
26.455090°,-81.950647° - Greg Lovett, The Palm Beach Post / USA Today Network
A large pile of boats and other wreckage near Fort Myers Beach, Florida, sits mangled in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The entire Fort Myers metropolitan area, home to upwards of 750,000, suffered catastrophic damage in the storm, which is the fifth-strongest to ever hit the contiguous United States. Early estimates place the total cost of damages throughout Florida at $40 billion.
Traffic Jams Flee Russia
42.783321°,44.633499° - Vantor
Long lines and traffic jams have formed at Russian ports of exit as thousands flee the country to avoid being drafted into the war in Ukraine. This Overview shows a line of traffic near Russia’s border with Georgia, which stretched for nearly 10 miles (16 kilometers). The exodus began several days ago, when Russian President Putin announced a mobilization of 300,000 reservists into war.
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