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Malaspina Glacier
59.919167°,-140.532778° - Maxar Technologies
Glacial ice and debris form incredible patterns around the edges of the Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska. Located at the head of the Alaska Panhandle, the glacier is roughly 40 miles (65 km) wide and 28 miles (40 km) long, covering an area of about 1,500 square miles (3,900 square km). Decades of aerial photographs and radar data have shown that the Malaspina Glacier lost about 66 feet (20 m) of thickness between 1980 and 2000 — enough shrinkage to contribute 0.5% of the rise in global sea level.
Wuhan, China
30.587222°,114.288056° - Planet
Wuhan, China, has made international news headlines in recent weeks after a coronavirus outbreak is believed to have originated in one of the city’s seafood markets late last year. The city is currently under quarantine to stop the spread of the virus, which has infected more than 4,400 people and killed more than 100 worldwide. Wuhan’s population of 11 million, combined with residents from other travel-restricted areas nearby, makes for a total quarantined population of more than 50 million.
PS10 Solar Power Plant
37.442222°,-6.254167° - Maxar Technologies
The PS10 Solar Power Plant is a commercial concentrating solar power station near Seville in Andalusia, Spain. It consists of 624 movable heliostat mirrors — each with a surface area of 1,300 square feet (120 square m) — that concentrate the sun’s rays to the top of a 377-foot (115-m) high tower containing a solar receiver and steam turbine. PS10 produces about 23,400 megawatt-hours of electricity per year.
Moselle Vineyards
49.837463°,6.825530° - Maxar Technologies
Vineyards surround the Moselle River in the Trier-Saarburg district of Germany. The region is recognized for its production of Riesling wines, with 9,000 hectares of land (roughly the size of Manhattan) dedicated to grape growing.
Sant Antoni de Portmany
38.977245°,1.300852° - Maxar Technologies
Ibiza is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. Covering 220 square miles (572 square km), Ibiza is roughly 10 times larger than the island of Manhattan in New York City. Sant Antoni de Portmany, the second largest town on the island, is seen here.
Port of Felixstowe
51.954171°,1.310158° - Maxar Technologies
The Port of Felixstowe is the busiest port in the United Kingdom, handling approximately 48% of the country’s containerized trade. The facility is able to accommodate ships that extend more than 1,312 feet (400 m) and have a cargo carrying capacity that is greater than half the volume of the Empire State Building.
Lanzarote
29.035000°,-13.633000° - NASA
The landscape of Lanzarote, one of the Spanish-owned Canary Islands, has been shaped by hundreds of years of volcanic activity. Located about 78 miles (125 km) off the north coast of Africa, the island contains numerous volcanic “tuff cones,” the largest of which — Caldera Blanca — measures 3,760 feet (1,140 m) across and 1,500 feet (450 m) tall. Lanzarote’s unique terrain and desert-like climate has been used to train astronauts and test Mars rovers.
Juba, South Sudan
4.862191°,31.579705° - Maxar Technologies
Juba is the capital and most populous city of South Sudan, with an estimated population of about 525,000. It became the world’s newest capital city in July 2011, when South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan. Juba has more than doubled in size since 2005, when a peace agreement ended the Second Sudanese Civil War, but its infrastructure is still being repaired from damages it suffered during the conflict.
Iguazu Falls
-25.695306°,-54.436735° - Maxar Technologies
Iguazu Falls, the largest waterfall system in the world, is located on the border of Argentina and Brazil. Approximately half of the Iguazu River flows into a long and narrow chasm called the Devil's Throat — the u-shaped falls seen here — that is roughly 269 feet (82 m) high. The total number of waterfalls at Iguazu fluctuates between 150 and 300, depending on the water level.
Cape Coral
26.604391°,-81.000000° - Maxar Technologies
Because many cities in the state of Florida contain master-planned communities, often built on top of waterways in the latter half of the twentieth century, a number of intricate designs are visible from the Overview perspective. Here is one particular development in Cape Coral, a city with a population of nearly 190,000 people. Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami and has more than 400 miles (640 km) of navigable waterways.
Lago Argentino
-50.216667°,-72.416667° - Maxar Technologies
Lago Argentino is the largest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of 546 square miles (1,415 square km). Located in the Patagonia region on Argentina’s southern tip, it is fed by glacial meltwater from several nearby rivers. Due to its position within Los Glaciares National Park, the lake is also a popular tourism and fishing site.
Damascus
33.521239°,36.286614° - Maxar Technologies
Damascus is the capital and most populous city in Syria, with more than 1.7 million residents. It is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with its earliest settlement dating back to approximately 6300 BC. Damascus is a major cultural hub in the Arab world; however, in September 2019 — eight years into the Syrian Civil War — it was named the world’s least livable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit.Read the full story →
Chinese Floating Solar Farm
32.580123°,116.589000° - Maxar Technologies
Solar panels sitting atop a man-made lake in Huainan, China, make up the world’s largest floating solar farm. Sungrow Huainan Solar Farm is capable of producing enough electricity to power 15,000 homes and floats above an area formerly used for coal mining.
Avola
36.909495°,15.134978° - Maxar Technologies
Avola is a city located in the province of Syracuse, Sicily. After Avola was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693, the city was reconstructed in a new location using a geometric, hexagonal plan created by the friar architect Angelo Italia.
Murmansk
68.966667°,33.083333° - Maxar Technologies
Murmansk is a city located in the extreme northwest of Russia. With a population of nearly 300,000, it is the largest establishment north of the Arctic Circle. The record low temperature here is a blistering -39.4 degrees celsius (-38.9 degrees fahrenheit).
Qinhuangdao Coal Terminal
39.933622°,119.683840° - Maxar Technologies
This Overview shows the coal terminal at the Port of Qinhuangdao - the largest coal shipping facility in China. From here, approximately 210 million metric tons of coal are primarily transported to coal-burning power plants in the major cities in southern China each year. This figure is believed to account for approximately half of the country’s annual consumption.
Danakil Depression
14.240259°,40.298674° - Maxar Technologies
The Danakil Depression is located in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. It lies on the junction of three tectonic plates and is the hottest region on Earth in terms of year-round temperatures. The Dallol crater, seen here, was formed by the intrusion of basaltic magma into salt deposits and subsequent hydrothermal activity. Any microorganisms living here would be categorized as 'extremophilic microbes' and are of major interest to the scientists studying the area to better understand how life might occur on other planets.
Naples, Italy
40.845000°,14.258333° - Maxar Technologies
Naples is the third largest city in Italy with roughly one million residents. The metropolis is one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in Europe, with Bronze Age settlements established here in the second millennium BC. The historic city center, with its tightly gridded streets and numerous cathedrals, is captured in this Overview.
Gdynia
54.534167°,18.573056° - Maxar Technologies
Gdynia is a seaport city in northwestern Poland, located on Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. Founded in 1926, the port predates the city, which for centuries was a small farming and fishing village but now has a population of nearly 250,000. The port of Gdynia is a regular stopover for luxurious passenger ships and handled more than 23 million tons of cargo in 2018.
Heerhugowaard
52.646667°,4.808889° - Maxar Technologies
Heerhugowaard is a city built on reclaimed land in the West-Frisia region of the Netherlands. It lies almost 10 feet (3 m) below sea level and is home to roughly 55,000 people. This particular district of Heerhugowaard is called Stad van de Zon (City of the Sun), because its 1,500 homes are directed toward the sun to harness solar power.
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