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Cologne
50.936389°,6.952778° - Maxar
Cologne is the fourth most populous city in Germany, with just over a million inhabitants. Situated on the Rhine River, the city is known for its Cologne Cathedral and numerous institutions of higher education, including the University of Cologne — one of Europe’s oldest and largest universities. Green areas cover more than a quarter of Cologne, which equates to roughly 800 square feet (75 square meters) of public green space per inhabitant.
Cádiz, Spain
36.533333°,-6.283333° - Maxar
Cádiz is an ancient port city surrounded by the sea in southwest Spain. Because the city was constructed upon a spit of land that cannot support high-rises, its skyline has not substantially changed since medieval times. A portion of the “Old City” — an area characterized by narrow winding alleys connecting large plazas and markets — is seen in this Overview.
Nurjol Boulevard
51.127208°,71.436947° - Maxar
Nurjol Boulevard is a 1.3-mile (2.2-km) long pedestrian zone in the center of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It runs from the Ak Orda Presidential Palace (seen at bottom) to the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center (top), passing through gardens, fountains, “Lovers Park” and the iconic Baiterek Tower monument. Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana, has been Kazakhstan’s capital since 1997 and is home to about 1.1 million people.
Ridgeway, Minnesota
43.908877°,-91.551905° - Maxar
An amazing array of hills and valleys surrounds the small community of Ridgeway in Winona County, Minnesota. Located in the southeastern corner of the state, Winona County is part of the Driftless Area — a swath of North America that escaped all three phases of the Wisconsonian Glaciation. As a result, the terrain here is much different than the rest of Minnesota, which averages out to be the fifth-flattest state in the USA. Interstate 90 can be seen in this Overview, passing through Ridgeway on its 3,200-mile (5,150-km) route from coast to coast.
New Hampshire Fall Foliage
43.127639°,-71.543472° - Nearmap
Colorful fall foliage is seen in Bow, New Hampshire, USA. Around this time of year, with the arrival of colder temperatures, leaves begin to change their colors, thereby creating this marvelous and fleeting view. Visiting this part of the country to observe the magnifcent landscapes is known as “leaf peeping.”
Areia Branca
-4.955830°,-37.136900° - Maxar
Saltwater evaporation ponds surround Areia Branca, a coastal city near the northeastern tip of Brazil. Areia Branca is one of the most important salt production hubs in the country, with an average annual yield of 5.5 million tons — around 98% of Brazil’s total production. Salt collected here is used in thousands of different products, including food, cosmetics and industrial chemicals.
Muri Lagoon
-21.258333°,-159.729167° - Airbus Space
Muri Lagoon is a kilometer-wide (0.62 miles) lagoon on the southeastern coast of Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands. It is a significant tourist attraction to the region, despite being heavily polluted with nitrogen from agricultural runoff and leaking septic tanks — so much that it was declared a natural disaster in 2015. Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the 15 Cook Islands, a self-governing country in the South Pacific Ocean.
Port of Savannah
32.128705°,-81.151907° - Nearmap
The Port of Savannah, on the coast of Georgia, is the fourth-largest seaport in the United States. In recent weeks, it has faced a consistent backlog of roughly 20 ships awaiting berth space as a result of a significant increase of incoming container ships. The logjam in Savannah reflects similar congestion at other large U.S. ports - including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and New York / New Jersey - which experts believe is the result of many retailers rushing to restock inventory before the holidays.
Turks and Caicos
21.794550°,-71.738522° - Maxar
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a small tropical archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just north of the Caribbean Sea. This Overview focuses on the Caicos Islands group, which surrounds a shallow, turquoise-colored sea atop an underwater plateau. The Turks and Caicos, a British Overseas Territory, have a combined population of about 40,000 and welcomed nearly 1.6 million visitors in 2019.
Cumbre Vieja Low-Angle
28.610157°,-17.923374° - Maxar
Lava flows into the Atlantic Ocean on the ever-expanding coastline of La Palma in the Canary Islands. After three weeks, eruptions continue from the Cumbre Vieja Volcano and this low-angle satellite image captures the lava field that has scorched through the landscape. Lava now covers more than 1,000 acres (420 hectares) and has forced the evacuation of at least 6,000 residents.
Beijing South Railway Station
39.865833°,116.376389° - Maxar
Beijing South Railway Station is the largest train station in the Chinese capital — its 24 platforms have the capacity to dispatch 30,000 passengers per hour, or 241 million per year. The station also serves as the terminus for high-speed routes to Tianjin and Shanghai, on which trains can reach speeds up to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour.
Adrar Plateau
20.461405°,-13.017321° - Maxar
Amazing layered rock patterns are visible on the Adrar Plateau, near the town of Atar in northwestern Mauritania. Located within the Sahara Desert, the Adrar is an arid plateau known for its gorges, stony deserts and sand dunes. Cave and rock paintings show that this region was settled in the Neolithic era about 12,000 years ago — today, around 62,000 people live in the Adrar Region.
Facebook Headquarters
37.484135°,-122.148620° - Nearmap
Sorry for the delay…our post is up later than usual following today’s worldwide outage of Facebook and its products like Instagram. Here’s an Overview of Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, covering more than 250 acres on the edge of the brightly colored salt ponds (due to algae) of San Francisco Bay. We’ll be back with a regularly scheduled Overview tomorrow!
Playa del Palo
36.717996°,-4.359575° - Maxar
Playa del Palo is a beach on the western coastline of Málaga, Spain. It is about three-quarters of a mile long (1.2 km) and its fine sand, moderate swells and shallow waters make it a popular swimming spot for families. Playa del Palo is one of many beaches in Spain’s Costa del Sol (“Coast of the Sun”) region, a world-renowned tourist destination.
Cumbre Vieja Lava
28.610157°,-17.923374° - Maxar
Lava flows from Cumbre Vieja volcano on the coast of La Palma in the Canary Islands. The image, taken around midnight on September 30th, shows the volcano’s vent at the top and smoke billowing at bottom, where lava enters into the Atlantic Ocean roughly five miles (8 km) away. As this process continues, the area of La Palma has already grown several hundred acres.
Southern California Airplane Boneyard
34.597500°,-117.383056° - Nearmap
The Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California, USA contains an aircraft boneyard with more than 150 retired planes. Because the demand for jumbo jets has dropped significantly in the last two decades in favor of smaller, more affordable twin-engine planes, many large aircrafts such as Boeing 747s have been retired. The dry conditions in Victorville – located on the edge of the Mojave Desert – limits the corrosion of metal, meaning planes can be stored here for years while they are stripped for spare parts.
Guadalajara
20.687580°,-103.307078° - Maxar
Guadalajara is the capital of and largest city in the Mexican state of Jalisco, with upwards of 5 million people living in its metropolitan area. It is also the second most densely populated municipality in in Mexico, behind Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl. Guadalajara is a cultural hub, considered by many to be the home of mariachi music.
Mont Saint-Michel
48.636111°,-1.511389° - Maxar
Mont Saint-Michel is a commune built one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the coast of Normandy, France. Over the past 600 years, the island has functioned as a monastery (accessible to pilgrims only during low tide), a French fortification that withstood English attacks during the Hundred Years’ War, and a prison.Today, Saint-Michel is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.
Severny Island Ice
75.451901°,63.205232° - Airbus Space
Large chunks of ice float offshore Severny Island in the Russian Arctic. Almost half of the 18,882-square-mile (48,904-sq-km) island is covered by the Severny Island ice cap, which — if considered part of Europe — is the largest glacier by area on the continent. The ice cap spans 7,900 square miles (20,500 sq km), making it about the same size as the entire country of Wales.
Shelter Cove
40.027778°,-124.073333° - NASA
Shelter Cove is a small, remote community located along the “Lost Coast” of northern California, where the King Range meets the Pacific Ocean. Due to its rugged terrain, the Lost Coast region has no major highways and is mostly natural and undeveloped. The one-runway Shelter Cove Airport, seen at the bottom of this Overview, helps visitors access the area when weather permits.
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