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Tel Aviv
32.078333°,34.769000° - Vantor
Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Tel Aviv is the second most populous city in Israel and is recognized as the country's financial center and a major technology hub. With a city plan dating back to the 1920’s, Tel Aviv was constructed with a hierarchical system of streets laid out in a grid and large blocks consisting of small-scale dwellings that surround central, open spaces.
Spiral Jetty
41.437611°,-112.669556° - Vantor
This Overview captures Spiral Jetty, an earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, consisting of a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise coil jutting from the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA. Smithson reportedly chose this site because of the vibrant colors of the water (salt-tolerant bacteria and algae thrive here in 27% salinity) and its connection with the primordial sea.
New Bullards Bar Reservoir Houseboats
39.429030°,-121.130100° - Vantor
This Overview captures houseboats floating peacefully on the New Bullards Bar Reservoir in Yuba County, California. The exposed shoreline across the bottom of the image appears when the reservoir water level is low. Want to display this image in your home? Head over to our to find it and other Overviews for sale!
Kuta
-8.733333°,115.166667° - Vantor
Kuta (also known as Kuta Village or Kuta Town) is a village in southern Bali, Indonesia. Originally a small fishing community, it was one of the first places in Bali to see substantial tourism and has become internationally known as a beach resort town. Kuta sits just north of Ngurah Rai International Airport, which is shown at the center of this Overview jutting out into the Indian Ocean.
Cyclone Idai
-18.771924°,42.371307° - ESA
Over the past week, Cyclone Idai has wreaked havoc on countries in eastern Africa, causing strong winds and severe flooding in Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. This image, captured by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, shows the cyclone on March 13 off the west coast of Madagascar. Hundreds of people have been killed in the disaster, and thousands more are stranded or missing.
Lake Mead
36.221287°,-114.747849° - Vantor
Lake Mead — located on the Colorado River 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada — is the largest reservoir in the United States. The lake was formed with the creation of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. Due to a combination of drought and increased water demand in the surrounding states (specifically California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona) the lake’s water level has been lowering drastically in recent years. This decreasing water level exposes the white shoreline that is visible in this Overview.
Adriatic Tankers
45.315253°,12.071250° - Vantor
Massive oil tankers are dwarfed by the Adriatic Sea just outside the Port of Venice, Italy. Last year, 26.4 million tons of freight passed through the port — an increase of more than 1 million tons from 2017. Of this, at least 7.7 million tons was refined petroleum products, and much of the rest was dry bulk goods and containerized cargo.
Cars At Philadelphia Navy Yard
39.894037°,-75.179375° - Nearmap
Thousands of automobiles fill a large lot near the Philadelphia Navy Yard in southern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, when Hyundai and Kia Motors moved their import businesses to the city, several large lots like this have popped up to accommodate an influx of new vehicles. At least 120,000 vehicles a year have arrived at the Port of Philadelphia since 2011, and more than 155,000 were delivered in 2015.
Nebraska Iowa Flooding (Juxtapose)
41.021611°,-95.849611° - Vantor
These jaw-dropping juxtaposes shows farmland at the Nebraska-Iowa border before and after catastrophic flooding occurred there last week. Floods across the Missouri River Basin were caused by heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt, and the total cost of damages in Nebraska has exceeded $1.3 billion. At least 2,000 homes and 340 businesses have been damaged or destroyed, and losses to infrastructure, farmland and livestock are monumental.
Cypress Village
33.691889°,-117.759139° - Nearmap
Uniform apartment buildings are seen here at Cypress Village, a township in Irvine, California. As a master-planned city, Irvine contains dozens of communities like this — each one having houses of a similar design, along with commercial centers, religious institutions, and schools. Irvine is one of the wealthiest cities in the western United States, with a median household income of $90,743 and a median home value of $784,500.
Chicago Tractor-Trailer Hub
41.750750°,-87.878611° - Nearmap
Trailers are docked and loaded at the Chicago Area Consolidation Hub, a package sorting facility in Hodgkins, Illinois. This 1.5 million square foot (139,355 sq. m) facility is owned by the United Parcel Service (UPS) and handles packages traveling throughout the United States and world. Roughly 1.5 million packages pass through its more than 65 miles (105 km) of conveyor belts every day.
California Wildflower Superbloom
33.674278°,-117.438973° - Vantor
Wildflowers blanket the hills around Lake Elsinore, a city in southern California. This explosion of poppies and other blossoms — called a "super bloom" — occurs when a rainy fall and winter are followed by cold temperatures that lock moisture in the ground. This year's super bloom is southern California's biggest in years, which has attracted droves of locals and tourists to the hills.
Dorsoduro Sestiere - Venice
45.430361°,12.333444° - Vantor
This Overview shows part of the Dorsoduro sestiere in Venice, Italy. A sestiere — which comes from the Italian “sesto,” meaning sixth — is a subdivision of an Italian town or city divided into six districts. Dorsoduro is Venice’s university district and is filled with bars, restaurants, indie shops, vintage fashion boutiques and art galleries, such as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Montevideo
-34.883611°,-56.181944° - Vantor
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.
The Pearl - Qatar
25.368611°,51.551944° - Vantor
The Pearl-Qatar is an artificial island in Doha, Qatar, spanning nearly 2.5 miles (4 km) in the Persian Gulf. Once completed, the island is expected to have nearly 19,000 dwellings and 45,000 residents. Twelve precincts make up the Pearl-Qatar, and each one has a national or international theme — including aspects of Arabic, Mediterranean and European culture.
Hạ Long Bay
20.843408°,107.009542° - Vantor
Hạ Long Bay, located in the Quảng Ninh Province of Vietnam, is a stunningly beautiful destination. Here, towering limestone pillars and tiny islands topped by rich, green forests rise from the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Halong translates as 'where the dragon descends into the sea' and local legend suggests that this seascape was created when a great mountain dragon charged towards the coast, its flailing tail gouging out the valleys and crevasses in its path.
Petare, Venezuela
10.483861°,-66.803028° - Vantor
Petare is a city in northern Venezuela, and is part of the greater Caracas urban area. With a population of nearly 370,000, it is considered one of the largest slums in the world. Homes in Petare are packed tightly together and many are stacked on top of each other along landslide-prone hills.
Los Angeles International Airport - Tom Bradley Terminal (LAX)
33.943971°,-118.408324° - Nearmap
The Tom Bradley International Terminal, sometimes called "Terminal B," is one of nine passenger terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. This terminal handles nearly all of LAX's international flights and can accommodate the Airbus A380 — the world's largest passenger airliner. In fact, LAX has more A380 services than any other North American city, with as many as 13 daily flights.
Alakol Lake
46.104867°,81.178937° - Vantor
Alakol Lake is a 1,020-square-mile (2,650 sq. km) salt lake located in east central Kazakhstan. The lake, which aptly translates to "multicolored lake," has varying shades of blue and green depending on its depth, levels of phytoplankton, and sediments flowing in from rivers and streams. Its mineral-rich water and mud are believed to be therapeutic, attracting many visitors who seek a natural remedy for psoriasis and other skin ailments.
Asunción, Paraguay
-25.296681°,-57.668129° - Vantor
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay, with nearly 2.2 million people living in its metropolitan area. Known as "the Mother of Cities," it is one of the oldest cities in South America and the longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin. Shown on the left side of this Overview is the Hipódromo de Asunción, an 80,000-seat horse racing track and popular concert venue.
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