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Luoping County Canola Flowers
24.885000°,104.308056° - Maxar
Canola flower fields cover the mountainous landscape of Luoping County, China. The crop is grown for the production of oil, which is extracted by slightly heating and then crushing the flower seeds. Canola oil is primarily used as a source of biodiesel and is also a key ingredient in many foods.
Rann of Kutch
22.981875°,70.512101° - Maxar
Thousands of saltwater evaporation ponds can be seen near the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India. Located along the Arabian Sea, this 10,000-square-mile (26,000-square-km) salt marsh is one of the largest in the world. More than 78% of India’s national salt requirement is sourced from Gujarat.
Trieste Marine Terminal
45.630962°,13.761526° - Maxar
Water swirls offshore of the Trieste Marine Terminal, located on the Adriatic Sea in Trieste, Italy. Part of the larger Port of Trieste, this terminal handles containerized cargo and has steadily grown its throughput from 60 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2003 to more than 340 TEUs in 2019. During the 19th century, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one of the Great Powers of Europe, Trieste was its most important seaport.
Hurricane Laura
25.000000°,-90.000000° - NASA
Hurricane Laura made landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border this morning, coming ashore as the region’s strongest storm in more than a century. The storm hit the Gulf Coast of Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane and has since weakened to a Category 2, but it is maintaining wind speeds of 110 mph (177 km/h). Coastal residents have evacuated in anticipation of a massive storm surge, which could spread up to 30 miles (48 km) inland. With a warming climate, scientists predict that there may not necessarily be more hurricanes, but there will likely be more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes that carry higher wind speeds and more precipitation. This image was captured by NASA’s NOAA-20, a weather satellite that picks up temperature differences and then overlays that data over cities at night imagery.
Cimetière Parisien de Pantin
48.904221°,2.410638° - Maxar
Cimetière parisien de Pantin is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, both in number of graves and land area. Since opening in November 1886, more than one million people have been buried here. Pantin is a garden-style burial ground, with more than 8,000 trees and a network of 20 miles (32 km) of roads that allow motor vehicle access.
Río Cauto
20.584069°,-77.153502° - NASA
The Río Cauto forms a colorful delta as it empties and drops sediment into the Gulf of Guacanayabo in southeastern Cuba. Flowing for about 230 miles (370 km), the Cauto is Cuba’s longest river and one of only two navigable rivers in the country. Its delta is an internationally recognized wetland and is home to several species of mangrove, as well as the endangered Cuban parakeet and Cuban tree duck.
Malé, Maldives
4.175278°,73.508889° - Maxar
Malé is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives, a nation of islands in South Asia. With a population of about 133,000 in an area of 2.24 square miles (5.8 square km), it is the fifth most densely populated island on Earth. Since it has no surrounding countryside, all of Malé’s utilities are located in the city proper and sewage is pumped unprocessed into the sea.
Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)
49.014277°,2.541856° - Maxar
Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. In the month of June, the entire airport accommodated 625,900 passengers, which is only 9% of pre-COVID passenger traffic. This terminal was designed in the shape of an octopus and its gates are housed in seven satellite buildings connected via underground walkways. We just posted our newest story about air travel during Covid-19 on our site. Read the full story →
Edwards Compass Rose
34.954060°,-117.873340° - Maxar
A massive compass rose is painted onto dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, Southern California. With a diameter of more than 4,000 feet (1,220 meters), the compass is almost perfectly aligned with magnetic north and is used by aircraft to test navigation equipment. At the top of this Overview is the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, NASA’s premier site for aeronautical research.
Bering Glacier
60.241353°,-143.555744° - Planet
This Overview shows the terminus of Bering Glacier at Vitus Lake in southeastern Alaska. Combined with the Bagley Icefield, where the snow that feeds the glacier accumulates, Bering is the largest glacier in North America. Both the glacier and Vitus Lake are named after Vitus Bering, an 18th century cartographer and explorer who led expeditions along the Arctic coast of Siberia and North America.
Lido Circle, Discovery Bay
37.912730°,-121.603287° - Nearmap
This Overview shows the Lido Circle cul-de-sac in Discovery Bay, California. Located about 60 miles (97 km) from San Francisco, Discovery Bay sits primarily on a network of man-made embankments surrounded by fresh water as well as some development on former agricultural land. The entire community is home to roughly 13,000 residents.
Wakashio Oil Spill
-20.440833°,57.749872° - Maxar
On July 25th, the MV Wakashio oil carrier ran aground offshore of Point d’Esny in Mauritius and has been leaking fuel ever since. As of Monday (August 10), an estimated 1,000 metric tons of oil had spilled from the ship from the ship’s estimated cargo of 4,000 tons of fuel. Mauritians have rushed to make absorbent barriers to contain the spill and protect local flora and fauna, including world-renowned coral reefs.
Jones Sound
76.257617°,-83.830201° - NASA
Large chunks of ice break loose into Jones Sound, a waterway between Ellesmere and Devon Islands in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. Situated on the northern point of North America, this region experiences an extreme temperature range, exceeding 50°F (10°C) in summer and dropping as low as -58°F (-50°C) in the winter. In fact, its climate is more similar to Mars than almost any other place on Earth, making it an attractive area for scientists interested in terraforming the “Red Planet”.
Jurua River
-2.635833°,-65.756111° - Planet
The Juruá River is a southern tributary of the Amazon River, flowing approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through Brazil and Peru. For most of its length, the river winds through the Amazon basin and is generally curvy and sluggish.
Bonneville Salt Flats
40.799722°,-113.800000° - Matt Newey
Kayakers and paddle boarders float down a channel in the Bonneville Salt Flats of northwestern Utah, USA. Salt flats (also known as salt pans) are formed when a body of water evaporates, leaving behind a surface of salt and other minerals. This aqueduct transports saltwater to nearby evaporation ponds where potash is extracted and used as fertilizer. Covering about 40 square miles (100 square km), Bonneville is the largest of many salt pans located west of the Great Salt Lake.
Bolinas
37.909444°,-122.686389° - Maxar
Waves of the Pacific Ocean roll into Bolinas, California, roughly 20 miles (32 km) northwest of San Francisco. Known for its reclusive residents, the town is only accessible via unmarked roads and, in 1989, its inhabitants voted to discontinue road signs directing travelers into town. Bolinas is home to about 1,620 people.
Henderson Island
-24.335167°,-128.310444° - Maxar
Henderson Island is a 14.4-square-mile, uninhabited landmass in the South Pacific Ocean. Studies have shown that this area has a higher density of plastic wash up on its shores than any other place on the globe. It is estimated that the island’s shores contain 37.7 million items of debris, weighing a total of 17.6 tons.
Northumberlandia
55.088389°,-1.628083° - Maxar
Northumberlandia, or “Lady of the North,” is a massive land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure near the town of Cramlington in northern England. Completed in 2012, the sculpture is made of 1.5 million metric tonnes of earth removed from the neighboring Shotton Surface Mine. It is 112 feet (34 m) high and 1,300 feet (400 m) long.
Stonehenge
51.178889°,-1.826111° - Lewis Slade
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, constructed sometime between 3000 and 2000 BC. This week, researchers announced they had finally traced the origin of its giant sarsen stones to the West Woods, a forested area about 15 miles (24 km) away in the town of Marlborough. These massive stones, which make up Stonehenge’s central horseshoe, stand up to 23 feet (7 m) tall and weigh up to 30 tonnes.
Barbours Cut Container Terminal
29.678832°,-95.003808° - Nearmap
The Barbours Cut Container Terminal in Morgan’s Point, Texas, is one of the busiest facilities operated by the Port of Houston. Located on Galveston Bay with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, the terminal has six berths and 6,000 feet (1,828 m) of continuous dock space. In 2019, Barbours Cut and Bayport — the Port of Houston’s second container terminal — handled a collective 2,987,281 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo.
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