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European Air Traffic
54.526000°,15.255100° - Plane Finder
Flight traffic across Europe has drastically increased from two years ago when COVID-19 lockdowns were in place. The number of people travelling by air across Europe plummeted from 1.1 billion in 2019 to 277 million in 2020. Now, air traffic has begun to rebound — commercial flights in March 2022 were up 156% from March 2021, but are still about down 20% from pre-pandemic levels. Visit our Instagram @dailyoverview to see a comparison of April 2020 and March 2022.
Aral Sea Timelapse
45.510578°,58.757118° - NASA / Google Timelapse
The Aral Sea, located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once the fourth largest lake in the world. Visit our Instagram @dailyoverview to watch a Timelapse of its water levels gradually decreasing. In the 1960s, the rivers that fed the Aral were diverted to irrigate newly created cotton fields in the adjacent Kyzylkum Desert. By 1997, water volume had declined to 10% of its original size, and recent satellite images show its entire eastern basin dried up.
Shanghai
31.230400°,121.473700° - NASA
Shanghai, China is an enormous city, but it hasn’t always been that way. In recent decades, the city’s population and urban footprint have exploded. You can watch a Timelapse video of the city growing on Instagram (@dailyoverview). When the Timelapse begins, in 1982, the population was about 11.8 million, and now it is roughly 24.4 million. Earlier this week, residents of the enormous city emerged from their homes after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown. However, negative tests are still required for people to enter many public places throughout Shanghai.
Arlington National Cemetery
38.878325°,-77.068671° - Vantor
In honor of Memorial Day in the United States, we’ve selected an Overview of Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington, D.C. Since the American Civil War, the 624-acre cemetery has become the final resting place for veterans of the nation’s conflicts. The structure seen here is the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater that also contains the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park
-30.626250°,139.055882° - Planet
Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park is a protected area in South Australia, nearly 300 miles (482 km) north of Adelaide. It contains some of the most rugged and spectacular landscape in the state, with high plateaus, gorges and deep chasms. The park is inhabited by the Adnyamathanha aboriginal people.
Victoria Falls
-17.924444°,25.856667° - Airbus Space
Victoria Falls is a waterfall located on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is classified as the largest with a width of 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) and height of 108 meters (354 ft). Accordingly, the falls contains the world’s largest sheet of falling water with a flow of about 1,080 cubic meters per second.
Brickpit Ring Walk
-33.841667°,151.071389° - Nearmap
The Brickpit Ring Walk is an urban nature park and walkway in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia. The 1,804-foot (550-m) elevated walkway is built above a former brick quarry, now water storage facility and habitat for the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog. In this Overview, bright green algae swirls on the surface of the storage pond.
Riyadh Low-Angle
24.633333°,46.716667° - Planet
Check out this amazing, low-angle view of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is Saudi Arabia’s capital and most populous city, with more than 7.6 million residents. At the center of this Overview is the King Abdullah Financial District, a $10 billion development project that began in 2006 and is still under construction.
Estadio Azteca
19.303056°,-99.150556° - Vantor
Estadio Azteca is a multi-purpose stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home of football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul, as well as the Mexico national football team. With an official capacity of 87,523, it is the largest stadium in Mexico and Latin America and has hosted two FIFA World Cup finals.
Lombard Street, San Francisco
37.802306°,-122.419750° - Nearmap
Cars wind down the hill of Lombard Street in San Francisco, California. With eight hairpin turns dispersed over a one-block section in the Russian Hill neighborhood, Lombard is often referred to as “the most crooked street in the world.” It is a major tourist attraction, receiving as many as 17,000 visitors per day on busy summer weekends.
Medina
24.470000°,39.610000° - Planet
Medina is the fourth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia, with nearly 1.5 million inhabitants. First settled in the 9th century BC, it is generally considered to be the "cradle” of Islamic culture and civilization and the second-holiest city in Islamic tradition, after Mecca. This Overview shows the city and a series of ring roads surrounding the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, a mosque and burial site of the last Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Lake Urmia
37.700000°,45.366667° - Vantor
Lake Urmia is an endorheic salt lake in northwestern Iran. It was once the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth with a surface area of 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km), but by 2017 had shrunk to 10% of its original size due to drought and damming of inflow rivers. The lake’s red-orange color comes from a high concentration of halophiles, or “salt-loving” bacteria and algae, which have pigments ranging from pink to deep red.
The Hague
52.070500°,4.300700° - Vantor
The Hague is a city in the Netherlands, located on the coast of the North Sea. Known as the home of international law and arbitration, it hosts the International Court of Justice, the main judicial arm of the United Nations, the International Criminal Court, Europol, and upwards of 200 other international governmental organizations. The Hague urban area is home to over half a million people, making it the third largest city in the nation.
Vilankulo
-22.000000°,35.316667° - Planet
Bright blue swirls of sea floor can be seen through the shallow waters offshore Vilankulo, Mozambique. These interesting patterns were formed by the Save River, which used to drain into the ocean nearby but has since changed its course. Home to about 25,000 people, the coastal town of Vilankulo is surrounded by numerous round lakes, which are also remnants of the river’s former path.
Baltimore
39.289444°,-76.615278° - Nearmap
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, with nearly 600,000 people living in its urban area. Established in 1729 and used as a major port since 1706, Baltimore has over 65,000 buildings in the National Register of Historic Places — more than any other city in the nation. This Overview features both of the city’s professional sports stadiums: Camden Yards, home of the Orioles, and M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Ravens.
Antofagasta, Chile
-23.650000°,-70.400000° - Vantor
Waves of the Pacific Ocean roll into Antofagasta, Chile. Since the city is situated in the Atacama Desert — the driest region in the world — it has incredibly sparse vegetation. In total, Antofagasta is home to nearly 400,000 residents and is the third largest city in the country.
Reggane Rock
25.035917°,-3.151167° - Vantor
Check out this incredible rock formation we found in the Sahara Desert, near the town of Reggane, Algeria. The climate in this region is torrid and almost rainless, with an average annual rainfall of less than 0.4 inches (10 mm). In the summer, daytime temperatures are known to consistently reach 122°F (50°C), earning this area its nickname — the “triangle of fire.”
Prague
50.083333°,14.416667° - Vantor
Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, with an estimated 2.7 million people living in its metropolitan area. Founded in the 7th century during the Romanesque period and flourishing throughout the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque eras, the city is a rich cultural hub of central Europe. This Overview shows the Vltava River winding through Prague’s city center.
Poyang Lake Dredgers
29.572945°,116.143734° - Vantor
Sand dredging boats gather on Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province, one of the world’s busiest dredging sites. On an average day here, hundreds of vessels can collect upwards of 10,000 tonnes of sand per hour, much of which is used in land reclamation projects. Poyang is China’s largest lake, but it is losing water fast — its outflow channels have been carved deeper and wider by dredging. This Overview is featured in our newest story ‘Dredging Up Problems,’ which takes a look at land reclamation and it’s impact on our environment.
Jwaneng Diamond Mine
-24.523050°,24.699750° - Vantor
The Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana is the richest diamond mine in the world, with an annual output of as much as 15.6 million carats. Mine richness takes into account the rate of diamond extraction combined with quality of the diamonds that are mined, by sale price per weight. To extract the diamonds, the facility produces 9.3 million tons of ore and an additional 37 million tons of waste rock per year.
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