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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.
Cloverleaf interchange
25.174690°,51.326337° - Maxar Technologies
A cloverleaf interchange is constructed on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar. The objective of a cloverleaf is to allow two highways to cross without the need to stop traffic.
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.
Brighton Pier
50.816388°,-0.137253° - Maxar Technologies
Brighton Pier, also known as Palace Pier, is constructed off the coast of the English city of Brighton. Extending 1,719 feet (524 meters) into the English Channel, the structure contains numerous restaurants, rides, and roller coasters.
Beirut
33.886944°,35.513056° - Maxar Technologies
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. Located at the midpoint of the country’s Mediterranean coast, the area serves as the country’s largest seaport. Settlement in this area is believed to date back more than 5,000 years, with recent excavations in the downtown area unearthing layers from Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusader and Ottoman civilizations.
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.
Montevideo
-34.883611°,-56.181944° - Maxar Technologies
Montevideo is the capital and most populous city of Uruguay, with about 1.3 million residents — more than one-third of the country's total population. It is also the southernmost capital city in the Americas, located southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina, across the Río de la Plata. Montevideo is divided into 62 barrios (neighborhoods), each with its own identity, geographic location, and socio-cultural activities.
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.
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