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Îlots des Apôtres
-45.966667°,50.450000° - Airbus Space
The Îlots des Apôtres are a group of small and uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean. Their total area is about two square kilometers, 90% of which belongs to Île Grande and Île Petite — the two largest islands seen here. In 1875, when the British ship “Strathmore” wrecked in the vicinity, 44 passengers survived six months on Île Grande before being rescued by another ship.
San Francisco Bay Container Ship
37.767035°,-122.417378° - Nearmap
A container ship is moored in San Francisco Bay, located in between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California, USA. Recently, the Port of Oakland announced that ships waiting for docking space will no longer queue inside the Bay, but instead will wait 50 miles offshore until they receive an assigned docking time. This effectively creates a “Safety and Air Quality Area” in order to improve air quality with decreased emissions from moored ships and also increases maritime safety with reduced boat traffic in the Bay.
Volcanic Ash Covers Tonga
-21.144712°,-175.198228° - Vantor
A thick layer of ash blanketed the island nation of Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga undersea volcano on Saturday. This Overview shows a neighborhood in the capital city of Nuku’alofa on January 18, 2022, just a few days after the eruption. Experts believe the event, which set off a sonic boom heard as far away as Alaska, was the largest volcanic eruption in more than 30 years.
Ilulissat
69.216667°,-51.100000° - Vantor
Ilulissat, presented by Lindblad Expeditions, is a small town on the western coast of Greenland. The name of the town fittingly means “icebergs” in Kalaallisut, the local language, and its colorful houses are nestled into a pocket on the rocky coastline, near the mighty Ilulissat Glacier. This massive stretch of ice flows down from the Greenland Ice Sheet, releasing icebergs of up to a kilometer in height into the ocean. Here the veteran Lindblad Expedition bridge teams weave their nimble iceships through the bergs, routinely spotting seals and even humpback whales on their approach to the town.
Manhattan Island
40.783333°,-73.966667° - Vantor
Manhattan, seen at center, is the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. With a land area of roughly 23 square miles (59 square kilometers) and about 1.6 million residents, it is the most densely populated borough in New York City. While this Overview might at first appear to be “upside down,” this shot captures the correct angle of the city’s skyscrapers.
Port of LA Congestion
33.699745°,-118.256888° - Vantor
An usually large group of container ships and oil tankers wait to enter the Port of Los Angeles in October of this year. Supply chain issues were present throughout most of 2021, largely due to a shortage of workers to keep goods moving. However, shipping delays became even worse in the last few months of the year as many retailers rushed to restock inventory before the holiday shopping season. Bottlenecks like this one at the Port of LA led to subsequent congestion at the ports of Savannah and New York / New Jersey.
Newark Liberty International Airport
40.692500°,-74.168611° - Nearmap
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), in northeastern New Jersey, is one of three main airports serving the New York metropolitan area. In 2019, before the COVID pandemic, it handled 46.3 million passengers, making it the 12th busiest airport in the United States. This Overview shows all three of Newark’s terminals and its 121 gates.
Lancaster County Farmland
39.940734°,-76.063725° - Vantor
Farm fields trace the gently sloping contours of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. With some of the most fertile non-irrigated soil in the U.S., this area generates nearly one-fifth of Pennsylvania’s agricultural output—primarily through dairy, poultry and egg production. The county is also home to the world’s largest Amish settlement, with about 37,000 residents.
Sun City, Arizona
33.618306°,-112.280917° - Nearmap
Sun City, Arizona, is a retirement community located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. It has a population of roughly 38,000 and an adjoining sister city — Sun City West — which houses an additional 25,000 residents. When Sun City opened on January 1, 1960, it attracted a crowd of more than 100,000 onlookers and the "futuristic development" was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir
6.261000°,-75.190000° - Vantor
The Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir, also called the Guatapé Dam, is located east of Medellín, Colombia. With its construction in the 1970s, the city center of El Peñol (founded in 1714) was demolished and relocated. The dam generates hydroelectric power and the reservoir serves as a popular site for water sports, boating, and sailing.
Boston
42.352238°,-71.159486° - Nearmap
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with more than 4.6 million people in its metro area. In this Overview, three waterways can be seen flowing through the city and emptying into Boston Harbor — Chelsea Creek at left; the Mystic River in the center; and the Charles River at right.
Kentucky Tornado Damage
36.738803°,-88.642175° - Nearmap / Vantor
More than 50 tornadoes whipped through the southern and midwestern U.S. this past weekend, hitting the state of Kentucky especially hard. In the city of Mayfield, storms flattened numerous homes, businesses and structures, including the water tower pictured here. This Overview shows a small segment of the more than 200-mile (322-km) path carved by the tornadoes. Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee are all impacted. Follow us on Instagram @dailyoverview to see more.
Akaroa Harbour
-43.844600°,172.925200° - Airbus Space
Akaroa Harbour is a large natural harbor on Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand. Formed by the eroded center of an extinct volcano, Akaroa—which means “Long Harbor” in Kāi Tahu Māori—extends about 10 miles inland from the South Pacific Ocean. Along it’s shoreline are several small villages with a collective population of about 1,500.
New York City
40.712778°,-74.006111° - Planet
Nearly all of New York City’s 300 square miles (778 square km) can be seen within this Overview. Comprised of five boroughs where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean, the “Big Apple” has upwards of 8.8 million residents—more than any other city in the United States.
Playa Zapotal
10.504692°,-85.797443° - Vantor
Lindblad Expeditions presents an Overview of Playa Zapotal—a remote and unspoiled beach on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The beach offers visitors incredible adventure with dives to offshore submarine rocks, swarmed by multi-colored tropical fish. The nearby gallery forest is also home to hundreds of birds such as flit tanagers, euphonias, and parrots who reside in the canopy and soar above the treetops. To learn more or see how you can explore the Guanacaste region yourself, check out Lindblad Expeditions at expeditions.com
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
19.400000°,-98.988889° - Vantor
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl—a municipality of Mexico City, Mexico—is characterized by its long, straight, and gridded streets. With a population of more than one million people (the entirety of Mexico City contains approximately 9 million residents), the area is home to many of the capital’s citizens who have migrated there from other parts of the country.
Casablanca
33.548213°,-7.574324° - Vantor
Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco with roughly 3.8 million residents, accounting for 11% of the entire country's population. Many officials believe these figures are underestimated and the total population is actually somewhere between 5 and 6 million. The Cite Djemaa neighborhood, located in the southeast of the city, is seen here.
Jeddah Corniche Circuit
21.623611°,39.108333° - Formula 1
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit will play host to the first-ever Saudi Arabian F1 Grand Prix tomorrow, December 5th. Featuring 27 turns and measuring 3.8 miles (6.2 km), it is one of the longest tracks in use by Formula 1. Coming into the circuit’s final corner, it is expected that drivers will reach speeds as high as 200 mph (322 km/h).
San Francisco Bay
37.670000°,-122.270000° - Planet
Water and sediment swirl through San Francisco Bay, mixing with the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of California. The Bay, which covers roughly 1,600 square miles (4,000 square km), drains water from approximately 40% of the state — including the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Surrounding the Bay are the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.
Chicago Polar Vortex
41.833647°,-87.872390° - ESA
The frozen waters of Lake Michigan border the snow-covered city of Chicago, Illinois, USA, during the polar vortex that occurred in January 2019. Chicago finished off that January with 13 consecutive days of snow and some of its coldest temperatures in more than three decades.
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