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Grand Canyon National Park
36.300000°,-112.600000° - Planet
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona, USA. It is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and as much as 6,093 feet (1,857 m) deep. Although Grand Canyon National Park is currently closed due to COVID-19, the Grand Canyon is the most-photographed natural landmark on Instagram.
USNS Comfort
40.768102°,-73.999844° - Maxar
The USNS Comfort is docked in New York City. We’d like to take a moment to recognize all of the healthcare workers around the world for their bravery and dedication in combatting COVID-19. Thank you for everything that you do to keep us safe. The USNS Comfort is a U.S. Navy hospital ship that arrived in New York City on March 30th and began seeing COVID-19 patients on April 6th. The ship has 1,000 hospital beds, 500 of which will be used for severe coronavirus cases — taking some of the burden off of New York City hospitals.
Vatican City
41.902207°,12.455288° - Maxar Technologies
Today is Easter Sunday, and while St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City would normally be packed for the Pope’s Easter Service, it is empty. The Vatican, like Italy, is in lockdown to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. This Overview was captured years before quarantine went into effect, but still illustrates the quiet of a normally bustling cultural attraction. Pope Francis’ Easter Homily was streamed live today from St. Peter’s Basilica to millions around the world.
London At Night
51.507222°,-0.127500° - NASA
London at night with the River Thames visible through its center. As the capital and most populous city in Great Britain, London is also one of the world’s leading travel destinations. In a typical year, more than 65 million visitors come to the city.
Carrara Quarry
44.098418°,10.129890° - Tom Hegen
This drone shot shows a marble quarry in Carrara, Italy. The blue-grey marble extracted from this region is widely used in sculpture, like Michelangelo’s David, and in building decor like that of The Pantheon. With more than 650 active or abandoned quarry sites, more marble has been extracted here than any other place on Earth.
Navigator of the Seas
25.779197°,-80.179708° - Nearmap
The Navigator of the Seas was the largest cruise ship in the world upon its commissioning voyage in 2002, and it remained so until 2005. It is now only the thirtieth largest ship as the industry continues to build larger-capacity models to keep up with growing customer demands. With accommodations for 4,000 passengers and 1,200 crew members, the ship contains a surfing simulator, a basketball court, multiple pools, and an outdoor movie screen. Over a single day, cruise ships like the Navigator emit as much carbon dioxide as a million cars, while dumping hundreds of gallons of untreated sewage into the ocean. Read the full story →
Bourtange
53.006600°,7.192000° - Maxar Technologies
Bourtange is a star fort located in the Groningen Province of the Netherlands. It was constructed in 1593, during the Eighty Years’ War, to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen. Today, the fort serves as a historical museum and the surrounding village of Bourtange has an population of 430.
Mount Etna
37.755000°,14.995000° - Planet
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between the cities of Messina and Catania. At a height of 10,912 feet (3,326 m), it is by far the largest active volcano in Italy — roughly two and a half times taller than Mount Vesuvius. Etna is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and has erupted at least 49 times since January 1955.
Amazon Spheres
47.615556°,-122.339444° - Nearmap
The Amazon Spheres are three spherical conservatories that make up part of Amazon’s headquarters in downtown Seattle, Washington. The glass domes, which range from 80 to 95 feet (24-29 meters) in height, contain 40,000 plants from 50 countries and serve as an employee lounge and workspace. Public access is provided as part of weekly guided tours and a twice-monthly reservation program.
San Francisco Salt
37.502806°,-122.034250° - Nearmap
Electric wires stretch across bright red salt ponds in San Francisco Bay, California. Here, sea water is channelled into large ponds and exits through natural evaporation, leaving the salt behind to be collected. The massive ponds get their vibrant reddish colors from the algae that thrive in the extremely salty water.
Earth from DSCVR
25.034280°,-77.396280° - NASA
The first photograph captured by the camera onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCVR) satellite, which orbits approximately 1 million miles away from Earth on July 6, 2015. This image was made by combining three separate photos to get a full picture of the planet. DSCVR’s camera will continue to provide a daily stream of Earth images, allowing for both real-time and ongoing observation of the planet. In this image, North and Central America are visible, along with the centrally-located shallow, turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea.Read the full story →
Wuhan Hospital Construction
19.373908°,-99.088439° - Maxar
Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China was built over a 10 day period between January 23 and February 2. With more than 7,000 people working around the clock, the facility was a major step in the Chinese government’s response to slow the spread of COVID-19. The facility has 1,000 beds with 30 intensive care units, medical equipment rooms, and quarantine wards. Field hospitals like this one are one of the ways China has slowed the spread of the virus. As of today, China has reported a second consecutive day of no new confirmed cases in Hubei province, the epicenter of the pandemic. This image was featured in our story "Perspective on the Coronavirus."Read the full story →
New Quebec Orogen
56.000000°,-67.500000° - NASA
Swirling folds of basaltic rock can be seen in the New Quebec Orogen, a large geologic belt in northeastern Canada. This area, also known as the Labrador Trough, covers an area of about 98,000 square miles (254,000 square km) and was formed some 2.17 billion years ago as molten rock erupted from rifts in the Earth’s crust flooded the landscape with basalt. The cliff face of each flow or “step” in this formation stands between 160 and 230 feet (50-70 m) tall.
Nardò Ring
40.327222°,17.826111° - Maxar Technologies
The Nardò Ring is a high speed, 7.8 mile long, circular test track in Nardò, Italy. Each of the ring’s four lanes has a determined “neutral speed” and is banked in such a manner that one can drive as if the road were straight.
Duomo di Milano
45.464048°,9.189653° - Maxar
The plaza outside of Duomo di Milano, the largest cathedral in Milan, Italy, can be seen nearly empty last week (March 4) during a nationwide lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. As a means of limiting the number of cases, health organizations have recommended taking preventative measures such as limiting public gatherings until more data can be gathered about the spread of the virus. We’ll do our best to continue to provide big picture perspectives during this time. Please take your health and the health of those around you seriously - wash your hands and employ social distancing as much as possible. Be safe!
Hamburg
53.550530°,9.969369° - Maxar Technologies
Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and seventh largest in the European Union, with a population of more than 1.8 million. The city center is seen here situated around the Binnenalster, one of two artificial lakes built within its limits. Located on the River Elbe, Hamburg contains the third busiest port in Europe, shipping roughly 145 million tonnes of goods every year.
Banks Peninsula
-43.750000°,172.833000° - Maxar Technologies
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.
Hvar Soccer Pitch
43.166781°,16.446197° - Maxar Technologies
A football (soccer) pitch is nestled along the waterfront of Križna Luka, a neighborhood on the Croatian island of Hvar. Located in the Adriatic Sea, Hvar is about 115 square miles (298 square km) in size and has slightly more than 11,000 residents. The pitch shown in this Overview is the home ground for the NK Hvar football club and has the capacity to seat 1,000 fans.
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