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Venetian Islands
25.790831°,-80.160975° - Maxar
The Venetian Islands are a chain of six manmade islands in Miami Beach, Florida. Rivo Alto Island (left), Di Lido Island (center), and Marino Island (right) are pictured here. While the islands’ residential neighborhoods have some of the highest property values in the city, they are also among the first places ordered to evacuate in advance of a hurricane.
Hong Kong
22.118306°,113.999195° - Maxar
Hong Kong is an autonomous territory — and former British colony — in southeastern China. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, it has become one of the world’s most significant financial centers and commercial ports. Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, most of which surround Victoria Harbor and are captured in this Overview.
Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
-43.750000°,172.833000° - Planet
Check out this amazing Overview of the Banks Peninsula, which juts off the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. The landmass, which is volcanic in origin, has an area of roughly 440 square miles (1,150 sq. km) and encompasses two large harbors and many small bays and coves. It is believed that forests once covered 98% of the Banks Peninsula, yet — as the result of deforestation — less than 2% of the native forest cover remains today.
Glénan Islands
47.712885°,-3.988585° - Airbus Space
The Glénan Islands are an archipelago located off the northwestern coast of France. Comprised of nine major islands and more than a dozen smaller islets, the archipelago is a popular day-trip for tourists to France’s Finistère region. The Glénan Islands are home to both sailing and international diving schools.
Colorado River
36.417100°,-111.858300° - Maxar
The Colorado River and the trajectory of its current flow were formed roughly 5 million years ago. Due to tectonic activity, the Colorado Plateau continued to rise from 5 million to 2.5 million years ago, thereby shifting the direction of the river. With its new path, the river began to erode the area in present-day Arizona now known as the Grand Canyon. The canyon is situated just a few miles south of the river section captured in this Overview.
Mars Perseverance Rover
38.883065°,-77.016279° - NASA
NASA recently published an incredible video of the entry, descent and landing of the Mars Perseverance Rover on February 18th. The footage begins about 7 miles (11 km) above the planet’s surface and ends with the rover’s touchdown in Mars’ Jezero Crater. For the next Martian year (about 687 Earth days), the Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples to bring back to Earth. Follow us on Instagram at @dailyoverview to watch the full video!
Laizhou Bay Salt Ponds
37.153035°,119.055863° - Maxar
Hundreds of saltwater evaporation ponds cover the south bank of Laizhou Bay in Shandong Province, East China. After being pumped to the surface from underground brines, salts are dried in these ponds and used to produce a variety of organic and inorganic chemicals and food additives. This particular area has China’s largest production capacity for bromine, an element found in seawater that is used in agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants and more.
Lido Isle
33.612222°,-117.917694° - Nearmap
Lido Isle is a man-made island located in the harbor of Newport Beach, California. There are no commercial facilities on the island other than a small seasonal snack bar, and its only link to the surrounding city is a small bridge. It is solely residential, with approximately 1,800 inhabitants.
The Gambia
13.466667°,-16.600000° - NASA
The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, following the path of its namesake river roughly 200 miles (320 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Apart from its western coast, the nation is bordered on all sides by Senegal and is just 4,127 square miles (10,689 square km) in area — about one-third the size of Belgium. Some 2 million people live in The Gambia, many residing on the coast and in the capital city of Banjul.
Texas Coal Plant
29.473261°,-95.639456° - Nearmap
Bulldozers push through piles of coal at the W.A. Parish Generating Station in Richmond, Texas, USA. This dual-fired coal and natural gas power plant has an installed capacity of 3,653 megawatts, making it the second largest conventional power station in the United States. The plant’s owner is the top electricity provider in the state of Texas and is under pressure this week as millions of Texans have been without power for days following a massive winter storm. More than 40% of the state’s energy consumption comes from coal and natural gas, and many experts say that its natural gas infrastructure was not prepared for the cold temperatures received.
Bondi Beach
-33.891111°,151.277778° - Maxar
Bondi Beach is located in Sydney, Australia. One of the city’s most stunning and popular destinations, the beach gets its name from the Aboriginal world ‘Boondi’, meaning ‘waves breaking over rocks’. The beach’s surrounding neighborhood, which shares its name, is home to about 11,600 people.
Lover's Island
43.978122°,15.383650° - Airbus Space
Happy Valentine’s Day! Check out this Overview of Galešnjak Island, Croatia. Located in the Pašman Canal on the Adriatic Sea, this heart-shaped island is known around the world and is often called "Lover's Island.” There are currently no human habitants on the island, but it is a popular attraction for daily private tours and has facilities for engagements and small weddings.
Vienna
48.200000°,16.366667° - Airbus Space
Vienna is the capital and most populous city in Austria, with about 1.9 million inhabitants — nearly one-third of the country’s population. In this Overview, we see Vienna’s historic center with its many architectural ensembles including grand palaces, monuments, gardens and parks. The Hofburg Palace, Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), Vienna State Opera, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral are all within view.
Hutt Lagoon
-28.172005°,114.261002° - Maxar
Hutt Lagoon is a massive lake in Western Australia that gets its pink color from a particular type of algae — Dunaliella salina — that grows in the water. The lagoon contains the world’s largest microalgae production plant, where the algae is farmed for its beta-carotene and then used as a food‑coloring agent and source of Vitamin A in other products. Hutt Lagoon also provides a commercial supply of Artemia brine shrimp, a specialty feed used by prawn and fish farmers and in the aquarium fish trade.
Old Head Golf Links
51.611290°,-8.536405° - Maxar
The Old Head Golf Links is an 18-hole golf course in Kinsale, Ireland. The facility is built on a 220-acre (89-hectare) diamond-shaped peninsula that juts 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) out into the Atlantic Ocean. The course is notoriously difficult, with many of its holes extending to the edge of cliffs perched about 300 feet (91 meters) above the water’s surface.
Raymond James Stadium
27.975833°,-82.503333° - Nearmap
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the setting for Super Bowl LV, the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers will be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium as they face off against the Kansas City Chiefs, last year’s champions. Kickoff is at 6:30 pm EST — will you be watching tonight?
Quito
-0.245193°,-78.515604° - Airbus Space
Quito is the capital and most populous city in Ecuador, with roughly 2 million residents. Located at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 meters) above sea level, it is also the second highest official capital city in the world (behind La Paz, Bolivia). The city is divided into 32 urban parishes, or cabildos, and this Overview features the wavy street grid of the Chimbacalle parish.
Rhodes
36.433333°,28.216667° - Maxar
Rhodes is a city in Greece, located on an island of the same name in the southeastern Aegean Sea. It has been famous since antiquity as the site of the Colossus of Rhodes — one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — and remains a popular international tourist destination today. Near the center of this Overview, we see the city’s crescent-shaped citadel, surrounding one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe. Rhodes’ metropolitan area is home to about 90,000 people.
Mississippi River Delta
29.647500°,-89.914900° - Airbus Space
The Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico off the southern tip of Louisiana, USA. It is the nation’s largest drainage basin and the seventh largest river delta on Earth, containing more than 4,200 square miles (11,000 square kilometers) of coastal wetlands. Its current shape, described as a “bird-foot delta” reflects the dominance the river exerts over other hydrologic and geologic forces in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Pyiduangsu Hluttaw
19.775348°,96.104724° - Maxar
Pyiduangsu Hluttaw, or The Assembly of the Union, is the national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar. It is housed in a 31-building parliamentary complex in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, along with the nation’s Supreme Court, Presidential Palace, and other government headquarters. On Monday, just hours before a new session of Myanmar’s parliament was scheduled to open here, the country’s military seized power in a coup, detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her democratically elected ruling party.
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