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El Nido
11.195560°,119.407500° - Kaspars Upmanis
Boats are moored on a cove in El Nido, Philippines. El Nido is located in the province of Palawan, about 260 miles (420 km) southwest of Manila. It is known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and limestone cliffs. In fact, it was ranked #5 on Conde Nast Traveler’s list of “The 24 Best Island Beaches in the World.”
Port of Los Angeles Trucks
33.728611°,-118.240333° - Nearmap
Long-haul trucks wait in line to exit the Port of Los Angeles in California. It is estimated that there are 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States and they drive nearly 140 billion miles on American highways every year. In total, 433 billion miles are covered annually by the entire population.
Princess Juliana International Airport
18.040823°,-63.109948° - Maxar Technologies
Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is well-known for the approach to Runway 10, seen at the bottom of this Overview. Here, arriving aircraft must have a 3° glide slope, flying at a shockingly low altitude over people relaxing on Maho Beach to land safely.
Friedenau
52.471692°,13.328281° - Maxar Technologies
Friedenau is a neighborhood in the southwestern suburbs of Berlin, Germany. The streets and squares of Friedenau are laid out in a geometric urban design known as a Carstenn Figure. This type of plan is characterized by a circular road that is divided by central avenue.
Île de Noirmoutier Salt Pans
46.999512°,-2.282612° - Maxar Technologies
Salt pans are visible on Île de Noirmoutier, an island off the western coast of France. Here, more than 800 tonnes of salt are extracted annually through evaporation. Sea water is channeled into the basins via canals, which pass through reservoirs that get progressively shallower. Over time, evaporation causes the salt to crystallize and it is then carefully extracted from the pans.
Espel
52.724167°,5.644167° - Maxar Technologies
The village of Espel — located in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands — is home to 1,386 inhabitants. The farms in the region specialize in growing flower bulbs, mainly tulips. To the west of the village is Windpark Noordoostpolder, a partially on-shore, partially off-shore wind farm with more than 80 turbines.
Great Sandy Desert
-20.000000°,125.000000° - United States Geological Survey
The Great Sandy Desert is the second-largest desert in Australia, covering 110,036 square miles (284,993 square km) in the northwestern part of the continent. Despite its name, the western portion of the desert is almost devoid of sand, but is characterized by complex geology — as shown in this Overview. The Great Sandy Desert is sparsely populated by indigenous Australian communities and mining centers.
Chinese Radio Telescope
25.652920°,106.856580° - Maxar Technologies
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is a radio telescope in the limestone hills of China’s Guizhou province. With a dish 1,600 feet (500 m) in diameter, it is the world’s largest filled-aperture radio telescope and the second-largest single-dish aperture, behind Russia’s RATAN-600.
North Dakota Cornfields
47.920000°,-97.450000° - NASA
A patchwork of brown corn fields contrasts with snow-covered land in eastern North Dakota, USA. This image, captured by NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite on December 3rd, shows the city of Grand Forks in the upper-right corner. Snowfall is common this time of year in North Dakota, but full cornfields are not — normally all of the corn is harvested by now. Some news reports estimate that the amount of unharvested corn in the state is the highest it has been since 2009.
Foxe Basin
67.000000°,-78.000000° - United States Geological Survey
Large chunks of swirling ice are seen here in Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada. Located between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, the shallow oceanic basin is blocked by ice for most of the year (this image was captured in July). Foxe Basin supports a high density of bearded seals and the largest walrus herd in Canada. It is also an important summering area for bowhead and beluga whales and narwhal.
Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP)
45.629583°,8.725802° - Maxar Technologies
This Overview shows Milan-Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy. The airport is the second-busiest in Italy by international passenger traffic, handling 24.7 million passengers in 2018. It is also the busiest Italian airport for freight and cargo, handling more than 500,000 tons of international freight annually.
Chimalhuacán
19.435063°,-98.968517° - Maxar Technologies
Chimalhuacán is a city with more than 600,000 residents in the eastern part of the State of Mexico, Mexico. The colorful stretch of road seen across the bottom of this Overview is a open-air market known as a tianguis. Here, merchants cover their stalls with vibrant canopies to protect themselves from harsh sun and inclement weather.
Clear Island Waters
-28.044500°,153.397611° - Nearmap
Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Built around artificial canals, it is a residential community that is home to roughly 4,000 people. Clear Island Waters is just a few miles west of Mermaid Beach, one of many beaches along the Gold Coast's 43-mile coastline.
Albenga
44.049985°,8.216569° - Maxar Technologies
Albenga is a city situated on the Gulf of Genoa in Italy. The economy of Albenga is primarily driven by tourism, local commerce, and agriculture. When viewing the town from above, it’s easy to see the amount of space dedicated to agriculture because of the widespread use of greenhouses or "plasticulture." The use of plastic covering is designed to increase produce yield, increase produce size, and shorten growth time.
Jebel Kissu
21.571389°,25.132778° - United States Geological Survey
Jebel Kissu is a massif (a compact group of mountains) located in northwestern Sudan. It rises roughly 5,630 feet (1,716 m) above sea level, emerging abruptly like an island in the vast Sahara Desert. The bright linear features seen here are truck tracks — common in the Sahara where there are no paved roads.
Polk Power Plant
27.722905°,-81.989787° - Maxar Technologies
The TECO Polk Power Station occupies 2,837 acres (1,148 hectares) in Bradley Junction, Polk County, Florida. This integrated coal gasification combined-cycle power plant produces roughly 1,400 megawatts of electricity — enough to serve 75,000 homes in the greater Tampa area. This Overview shows the facility surrounded by reclaimed water, which it cleans and uses in the process of generating electricity.
Zion's Hill
17.643056°,-63.226944° - Maxar Technologies
Zion’s Hill, also known by its former name Hell’s Gate, is a town on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. It is the first town one reaches after leaving Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, which has the shortest commercial runway in the world at 1,312 feet (400 m) long. With a land area of just 5 square miles (13 square km) and about 2,000 inhabitants, Saba is the smallest territory by permanent population in the Americas.
Las Coloradas
21.608056°,-87.983889° - Maxar Technologies
Huge sea salt evaporation ponds add color to the landscape of Las Coloradas, a community in Yucatán, Mexico. These ponds are part of an area that refines about 750,000 tons of sodium each year and produces six different types of table salt. The brilliant color of the water comes from salt-loving microorganisms, which serve as a source of food — and a source of pigment — for a thriving population of flamingos.
Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa
63.881121°,-22.450751° - Maxar Technologies
The Blue Lagoon is a man-made geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland, located near the fishing town of Grindavík. The water, which comes from the nearby Svartsengi geothermal power station, gets its milky blue shade from its high silica content. Just 12 miles (20 km) from Keflavík International Airport, the Blue Lagoon is a frequent pre- or post-flight pit stop for travelers and is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.
Minsk, Belarus
53.900000°,27.566667° - Maxar Technologies
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač River. Home to just under 2 million people, it is a modern city characterized by monumental Stalinist architecture — grand buildings, broad avenues and wide squares. In recent years, Minsk has been continuously decentralizing and more development is planned for several areas outside the city centre.
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