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San Diego & Tijuana
32.533883°,-117.119563° - Maxar
The U.S. / Mexico border wall that separates San Diego from Tijuana stretches for 14 miles (22.5 km) and doesn’t end where the land meets the water -- it extends several hundred feet into the Pacific Ocean. While the north side of the border is primarily barren hillsides, the city of Tijuana stacks up against the southern border, its Plaza Monumental bullfighting ring a vestige of the Spanish that once ruled both sides of the border. This Overview is featured in our story "Border Lines."Read the full story →
U.S. / Mexico Border
32.476667°,-114.762500° - Maxar
A series of border barriers draws a stark line between Yuma, Arizona (top) and San Luis Río Colorado in Sonora, Mexico (bottom). San Luis Río Colorado has exploded into a city of nearly 200,000 people thanks to its booming maquila factories. These factories manufacture large quantities of goods at cut-rate prices for established American companies. In contrast, Yuma is home to just 96,000 residents. This Overview is featured in our story "Border Lines."Read the full story →
Montreal Biosphere
45.514092°,-73.531494° - Nearmap
The Montreal Biosphere is an environmental museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The structure — a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller — was initially constructed as the United States pavilion for the 1967 World's Fair. Built of steel and acrylic cells, the Biosphere is 249 feet (76 meters) in diameter, 203 feet (62 meters) high, and uses a complex system of shades to control its internal temperature.
Sumatra Shrimp Farms
-4.289254°,105.807424° - George Steinmetz
Farmers harvest buckets of large shrimp on the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This former mangrove swamp, known as Bumi Dipasena, is now the world’s largest facility of its kind covering more than 30 square miles (78 square km). In total, Indonesia harvests more than 637,000 tonnes of shrimp every year — that's roughly equal to half the mass of the Empire State Building. Did you know that 90% of the seafood consumed in America is imported? Almost all of it is salmon, tuna, and shrimp. Agriculture now covers approximately 40% of the earth’s landmass, and our food choices have significant environmental impact. After a few years of operation, these ponds in Sumatra proved to be disease prone, and the financial model collapsed. This left 9,000 transmigrant families struggling to make a living while fighting an aquaculture pandemic on their own. Follow us on Instagram @dailyoverview to see a video that shows the extent of Bumi Dipsena.
Loch Ness
57.300000°,-4.450000° - Overview
We think we’ve spotted something unusual on the surface of Loch Ness in Scotland. The lake extends for approximately 23 miles (37 km) and is well-known as the possible home to “Nessie” — reportedly a massive sea monster resembling a plesiosaur. While water visibility is exceptionally low at the lake because of high peat content in the surrounding soil, our Overview perspective does not suffer from the same limitations and picked up this figure in imagery from 2019. Let us know if you think we’re on to something.
Sydney Opera House
-33.858667°,151.214028° - Nearmap
The Sydney Opera House is a performing arts center in Sydney, Australia. In a typical year, it hosts more than 1,500 shows inside its various performance halls, attracting upwards of 1.2 million people. While the building’s famous “shell” design appears uniformly white from a distance, it actually features a subtle chevron pattern composed of tiles in two colors: glossy white and matte cream.
Fagradalsfjall Eruption
63.905000°,-22.272500° - Garðar Ólafs Photography
Check out this incredible shot by Garðar Ólafs of the Fagradalsfjall eruption in Geldingadalur, Iceland. Located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Reykjavík, the volcano began erupting on March 19 and is still emitting fresh lava today. The eruption is the first in 800 years to occur on the Reykjanes Peninsula and scientists believe it may mark the beginning of decades of volcanic activity.
Ships Wait Outside Suez
29.942874°,32.547150° - Planet
This Overview gives us a bigger picture of the situation unfolding at the Suez Canal. In the upper-left corner, we see the “Ever Given,” a 1,312-foot-long (400 meter) container ship, stuck across the width of the canal. The rest of the frame shows the resulting traffic jam, with dozens of ships waiting outside the canal in the Gulf of Suez. The Ever Given has been stuck here since Tuesday, when strong winds pushed it aground on one of the canal’s banks.
Ship Stuck in Suez
30.862907°,32.315920° - Airbus Space
A large container ship has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, after strong winds pushed it aground on one of the canal’s banks. The 1,312-foot-long (400 meters) “Ever Given” is large enough to block the entire width of the canal, leaving hundreds of other vessels stuck at both ends. The canal, which connects the Red to Mediterranean Seas, facilitates the passage of roughly 18,000 ships per year, or 50 ships per day.
Boulder, Colorado
40.015000°,-105.270556° - Maxar
Our thoughts are with the people of Boulder, Colorado and all those affected by yesterday’s tragedy there. This Overview shows a snow-covered Boulder at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where it sits at 5,430 feet (1,655 meters) above sea level. The city is home to just over 100,000 people, nearly triple the population it had 60 years ago.
Dutch Tulips
52.276361°,4.557083° - Maxar
Tulip fields bloom in Lisse, Netherlands. The Dutch produce a total of 4.3 billion tulip bulbs each year. Slightly more than half of the total harvest (2.3 billion) is grown into cut flowers. Of these, 1.3 billion are sold in the Netherlands and the remainder is exported: 630 million flowers to Europe and 370 million elsewhere.
Exuma Cays
23.467185°,-75.883175° - Planet
Several cays extend off the western coast of Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. Great Exuma is the largest of more than 365 islands in the Exuma district, with an area of 61 square miles (158 square kilometers). Much of the water surrounding the Bahamas is shallow, letting more light reflect off sand and corals on the ocean floor to produce the beautiful light blue shades seen here.
Toledo, Spain
39.856667°,-4.024444° - ZekeDrone
Check out this incredible drone shot of Toledo, Spain. Located on a mountaintop with a 150-degree view, Toledo’s old city is famous for its many historic sites, including the Alcázar fortress and the Zocodover marketplace. The city is located in central Spain and is home to roughly 84,000 residents.
Marree Man
-29.530000°,137.465500° - Maxar
The Marree Man, also known as Stuart’s Giant, is a modern geoglyph atop a plateau at Finnis Springs, 37 miles (60 km) west of Marree, South Australia. It depicts an indigenous Australian man hunting with a boomerang or stick and is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) tall with a perimeter of 17 miles (28 km). Although it is one of the largest geoglyphs in the world, its origin remains a mystery, with no one claiming responsibility for its creation.
Cape Cod
41.797291°,-70.868541° - Maxar
Cape Cod is a hook-shaped peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean off southeastern Massachusetts, USA. The 15 towns on the cape are a popular summer destination with quaint villages, seafood shacks, lighthouses, and many beaches. The three towns at the northernmost tip of the cape — Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown — are visible in this Overview.
Ireland
53.413695°,-8.010306° - Airbus Space
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Paying homage to the patron saint of Ireland, today is a symbolic holiday for Irish people and all those of Irish descent. Here we see the entirety of Ireland — including Northern Ireland — which has a population of about 6.6 million people. The so-called ’Emerald Isle’ covers 32,595 square miles (84,421 square km), making it the 20th largest island on Earth.
Cape Nelson
-8.997500°,149.250278° - Maxar
Cape Nelson is located on the north coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Its coastline is characterized by its many rias, or drowned river valleys, locally referred to as ‘fjords’. On the top of this Overview, we can also see the single airstrip at Tufi Airport, which services flights to the capital city of Port Moresby and other regional destinations.
Los Caracoles Pass
-32.851667°,-70.137778° - Maxar
Los Caracoles Pass — or "The Snail's Pass" — is a twisting mountain road located in a remote section of the Andes Mountains on the Chilean side of the border with Argentina. The path climbs to an elevation of 10,419 feet (3,175 m), has no roadside safety barriers, and is frequented by large trucks.
Las Palmas
28.150000°,-15.416667° - Sebastien Nagy
Colorful rooftops are seen in the San Juan District of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. Las Palmas is located on the island of Gran Canaria, about 93 miles (150 km) off the Moroccan coast, and experiences a hot desert climate. Not only are the pastel-colored buildings charming to look at, but their color helps reflect the sun's heat, keeping interiors cool during hot days.
Student Art in Joshua, Texas
32.449936°,-97.381464° - Nearmap
Student art covers a parking lot at Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas. Located just south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, Joshua is a small city of roughly 7,800 residents. This particular high school serves students in grades 10 through 12 and allows each member of the graduating class to paint a parking space for their respective car.
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