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Queens Unisphere
40.746417°,-73.844833° - Nearmap
The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. Commissioned as part of the 1964 New York World’s Fair, the sculpture was dedicated to “man’s achievements on a shrinking globe in an expanding universe.” It is 140 feet (43 m) high and 120 feet (37 m) in diameter.
Corpus Christi Oil Refinery
27.833444°,-97.524750° - Nearmap
Check out this Overview, which shows a maze of pipes and other equipment at an oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Due to its position on the Port of Corpus Christi — the fifth largest U.S. port and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico — much of the city’s economy is driven by the oil and petrochemicals industry. An average of 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day were exported from this port during 2018.
Rauchenwarth Fields
48.081861°,16.529000° - Maxar Technologies
Colorful fields surround Rauchenwarth, a small municipality in eastern Austria. Located roughly 10.5 miles (17 km) outside of Vienna, Rauchenwarth has a population of about 700 people. Cold, wet winters and hot, dry summers make this region ideal for growing corn, wheat, barley, rye, sugar beets, sunflowers, and soybeans.
Palamanova
45.904944°,13.309944° - Maxar Technologies
The town of Palmanova, Italy, is recognized by its concentric layout known as a “star fort.” The rationale for this construction was that an attack on any individual wall could be defended from the two adjacent star points by shooting the enemy from behind. The three rings that surround Palmanova were completed in 1593, 1690, and 1813.
Crete Plasticulture
35.033793°,25.694451° - Maxar Technologies
Plastic greenhouses cover a stretch of shoreline on the south coast of Crete — the largest and most populous of the Greek islands. Inside these greenhouses, which cover an area of roughly 6 square miles (15 sq. km), large quantities of fruits and vegetables are grown for export. In the upper right corner of this Overview is the Bramiana Reservoir, which was built in 1986 to meet the needs of the thousands of greenhouses surrounding it.
Philadelphia Auto Processing Facility
39.908861°,-75.136806° - Nearmap
Thousands of automobiles await shipment and distribution at the Philadelphia Auto Processing Facility in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on the Delaware River, this 84-acre (34-hectare) facility handles both imports and exports. With connections to Interstates 95 and 76 and two large railways, it is a major supply chain hub for the U.S. automobile industry.
Prince Frederick Harbour Drainage
-15.000538°,125.289947° - Maxar Technologies
Check out the dendritic drainage patterns on this small bay in Prince Frederick Harbour, Western Australia. Dendritic literally means branched, as in resembling the pattern of a tree. This shape develops when streams move across relatively flat and uniform rock or over a surface that resists erosion.
Cádiz
36.533694°,-6.297139° - Maxar Technologies
Cádiz is an ancient port city surrounded by the sea in southwest Spain. Because the city was constructed upon a spit of land that cannot support high-rises, its skyline has not substantially changed since medieval times. A portion of the “Old City” — an area characterized by narrow winding alleys connecting large plazas and markets — is seen in this Overview.
Seattle Center
47.620389°,-122.349111° - Nearmap
Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. Its landmark feature is the 605-foot (184 m) tall Space Needle, an observation tower that has become a symbol of the city. Other attractions shown in this Overview include the Museum of Pop Culture (bottom left) and the Seattle Children’s Museum (bottom right).
Arizona Rock Formations
36.052111°,-109.118611° - Maxar Technologies
In this Overview, large rock formations are shown rising above the desert landscape in Northeastern Arizona, USA. This region is arid, largely void of greenery, and characterized by hills, mesas, buttes, cliffs and canyons. This particular outcrop is about 12.5 miles (20 km) due east of the Navajo National Monument, which contains the well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan People.
Mount Damāvand
35.955556°,52.110000° - Maxar Technologies
Clouds circle the summit of Mount Damāvand, the highest peak in Iran with an elevation of 18,403 feet (5,609 m). As a potentially active stratovolcano, Mount Damāvand is also the highest volcanic mountain in Asia and part of the Volcanic Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is roughly 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Tehran.
Tokyo
35.668162°,139.600441° - Maxar Technologies
Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with upwards of 38 million residents. Also, as of 2014, it had the largest metropolitan economy in the world, boasting a total gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.6 trillion. This Overview captures just a small portion of the city on Tokyo Bay, with the Arakawa River featured on the right-hand side.
Glen Lake
44.865845°,-85.948776° - Maxar Technologies
Glen Lake is a lake in northwestern Michigan, USA, located just offshore Lake Michigan. It consists of two bodies of water connected by a narrow channel — "Big Glen Lake" and "Little Glen Lake," which together cover about 6,300 acres (25.5 sq. km) of surface area. With its surrounding wooded sand hills and remarkably clear water, Glen Lake is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the Great Lakes Region.
Woodford Bay Boats
-33.829861°,151.173972° - Nearmap
Dozens of sailboats are moored in Woodford Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Surrounding Woodford Bay is Longueville, a small residential suburb of Sydney, located about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the city’s central business district. Thousands of boats like the ones seen here are stationed in the channels and around the islands in the greater Sydney area.
Rapids Water Park
26.771028°,-80.106944° - Nearmap
Rapids Water Park is a water park in Riviera Beach, Florida, attracting roughly 400,000 visitors per year. Founded in 1979 with just four water slides, the park has expanded to offer 42 slides and other attractions including a wave pool, a lazy river, and small-scale rides for children and toddlers. Riviera Beach is the easternmost municipality in the Miami metropolitan area.
St. Kilda Evaporation Ponds
-34.748278°,138.544556° - Nearmap
Check out the amazing shades of red in this saltwater evaporation lagoon near St. Kilda, South Australia. This small suburb of Adelaide is surrounded by such ponds, which are filled in the spring and harvested in autumn. Salt taken from the ponds used to make soda ash, a key ingredient in the production of glass, paper, soaps and detergents.
Singapore Tankers
1.255944°,103.781000° - Maxar Technologies
Check out this Overview, which captures cargo ships and tankers — some weighing up to 300,000 tons — outside of the entry to the Port of Singapore. The facility is the world's second-busiest port in terms of total tonnage, shipping a fifth of the world's cargo containers and half of the world's annual supply of crude oil.
Pier 84 - Hudson River Park
40.764167°,-74.002194° - Nearmap
Pier 84 is the largest public pier and one of the highest trafficked areas in Hudson River Park. Located near 42nd Street in the heart of Manhattan, New York City, the pier has a large open area on its western end, an interactive fountain, restaurant concession and dockage for large boats.
United States Air Force Academy Athletic Fields
39.012000°,-104.887028° - Nearmap
Several athletic fields are positioned side-by-side in the Cadet Area of the United States Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to the fields and courts shown in this Overview, the area contains a Cadet Gymnasium with indoor basketball and tennis courts, an Olympic-size swimming and diving pool, a water polo pool, numerous squash and racquetball courts, two weight-training rooms, and specialized facilities for volleyball, fencing, gymnastics, boxing, and riflery.
Battle Mountain Pit Mine
40.338167°,-117.202417° - Maxar Technologies
Vivid blue water fills an open-pit mine near the town of Battle Mountain in Lander County, Nevada. Founded in 1861, Lander County made its way onto the map as copper and gold mining boomed there throughout the late 19th century. Today, fewer than 6,000 people live in the 5,500-square-mile county.
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