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Lyon
45.762691°,4.839030° - Vantor
Lyon is the third largest city in France, with about 2.3 million people living in its metropolitan area. Situated at the convergence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers, it is considered the birthplace of cinema—pioneered by the Lumière brothers here in 1895—as well as a major culinary center. In the center of the city, located between the rivers, is Place Bellecour, a tree-lined public square with flower stalls, a small art museum and a seasonal ice rink.
Batagaika Crater
67.580000°,134.771400° - Vantor
The Batagaika Crater, located in the Chersky Range of northeastern Siberia, Russia, is the largest permafrost crater in the world. One kilometer (0.6 miles) long, 100 meters (328 feet) deep, and growing, it has been sinking due to thawing permafrost since the 1960s. Batagaika’s rim is extremely unstable and the site of regular landslides, retreating by as much as 30 meters (98 feet) in a single year.
Busiest Day for U.S. Airports
38.883333°,-77.016667° - Flightradar24.com
Sunday, November 26, was the busiest day ever at airports in the United States, with the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reporting 2,907,378 passengers screened. More than 51,000 flights occurred, surpassing the daily average of 45,000 from 2022. The previous busiest day ever recorded by the TSA was also this year, on Friday, June 30, when 2,883,000 passengers traveled ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
Yas Marina Circuit
24.467222°,54.603056° - Vantor
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, held yesterday at Yas Marina Circuit, was the 22nd and final race of the 2023 Formula One (F1) season. Driver Max Verstappen of Team Red Bull led from start to finish, earning his third-consecutive Drivers’ Champion title and 54th career F1 victory. The Grand Prix consists of 55 laps around the 5.281-kilometer (3.28-mile) track, which can be seen in this Overview alongside “Ferrari World”—an 86,000-square-meter amusement park.
Plymouth Rock Boats
41.958333°,-70.661944° - Nearmap
Boats are moored in the waters by Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, USA. A nearby site onshore is recognized as the disembarkation point of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. The following year, in 1621, a feast was held to celebrate a bountiful harvest, which is commonly recognized as the first Thanksgiving.
Downtown Houston
29.756334°,-95.364037° - Nearmap
Downtown Houston is the largest central business district in the US state of Texas, spanning 1.84 square miles (4.8 sq. km). Home to nine Fortune 500 companies, it contains 50 million square feet (4.6 million sq. m) of office space and is the workplace of 150,000 employees. In addition to most of Houston’s skyscrapers, this Overview features Minute Maid Park, home of the Astros (MLB); Shell Energy Stadium, home of the Dynamo (MLS); and Toyota Center, home of the Rockets (NBA).
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
33.640333°,-84.435139° - Nearmap
Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, has been the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998. With 209 domestic and international gates and five parallel runways, it served 93.6 million passengers in 2022. As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, the airport is expected to handle 3.6 million passengers between November 17 and 28.
West Side National Park
24.568192°,-78.154290° - Vantor
West Side National Park is a 2,343-square-mile (6,070-sq.-km) marine protected area on the western half of Andros Island, the Bahamas. A mix of shallow tidal flats, mangrove creeks and Caribbean pines, the park has little infrastructure and is only accessible by boat. It serves as an important feeding area for the West Indian Flamingo, a productive fish nursery and a refuge for many endemic and endangered species.
Amur River
48.536111°,135.000000° - Planet
The Amur River passes through the city of Khabarovsk, spreading out into a dramatic braided pattern on its path through eastern Russia. As the world’s tenth-longest river, the Amur flows 1,755 miles (2,824 km) to form much of the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China. The first permanent bridge across the Amur was built in Khabarovsk in 1916, allowing the Trans-Siberian Railway to cross the 1.6-mile (2.6 km) span more efficiently.
Chongqing Metropolis
29.563700°,106.550400° - Vantor
Chongqing is a sprawling municipality at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in southwestern China. The metropolis covers an area the size of Austria – 31,816 square miles (82,403 square km) – and is crisscrossed by folds of mountain ranges, valleys, gorges and caves. Chongqing is China’s most populous municipality, with about 32 million people living across its 26 districts, eight counties and four autonomous counties.
Four Corners Monument
36.998977°,-109.045172° - Vantor
Four Corners Monument marks the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. It is the only point in the United States shared by four states, and it also marks the boundary between two semi-autonomous Native American governments: the Navajo Nations and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Visitors to the monument can position themselves at its center and “stand in four states at once.”
Naples and Vesuvius
40.833300°,14.250000° - Google Timelapse
The Metropolitan City of Naples is the third-largest city in Italy and one of the most densely populated areas in Europe, with more than 3 million inhabitants. Its population has continued to grow in recent decades, despite its proximity to Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano. Around 600,000 people live in Vesuvius’s “zona rossa” — an area around its slopes designated for quick evacuation if an eruption occurs.
El Ojo
-34.252137°,-58.829684° - Vantor
El Ojo, or “The Eye,” is an unusual island found in the marshland of the Parana Delta, in northeastern Argentina. Circular and about 387 feet (118 m) in diameter, the island appears to float and rotate on its axis, surrounded by a thin channel of water. Some say El Ojo hides a UFO base, but researchers believe a slow-moving water current beneath the island naturally spins it, and this rotation has caused it to gradually erode into a circular shape.
US Capitol Building
38.889806°,-77.009056° - Nearmap
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the meeting place of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Today is Election Day in the USA, and although it is an off-year, important state and local elections are taking place across the nation. If you have not done so already, we encourage you to cast your vote!
Bangkok
13.752500°,100.494167° - Planet
Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, is a sprawling urban center home to more than 10 million people. It is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with an average of about 14,000 people per square kilometer. Located on the Chao Phraya River, it is a city of vibrant contrasts, with ancient temples still standing amid modern skyscrapers.
El Alto-La Paz
-16.504722°,-68.163333° - Google Timelapse
The El Alto-La Paz metropolitan area, in western Bolivia, has grown dramatically in recent decades. Much of its population boom is owed to El Alto, which has grown tenfold since the mid-1970s, from about 100,000 residents to nearly 1 million today. El Alto is located adjacent to, and above, La Paz in the Altiplano highlands — it is the highest major city in the world at an average elevation of 4,000 meters (13,123 ft).
Alcatraz Island
37.826667°,-122.422778° - Nearmap
Alcatraz is a small island 1.25 miles (2 km) offshore from San Francisco, California. Originally developed in the mid-19th century with a lighthouse and military fortifications, Alcatraz was converted into a federal prison in 1934. Strong currents around the island and cold water temperatures made escape nearly impossible, earning Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary a reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in American history. The prison closed in 1963, and the island is now a major tourist attraction.
Port of Callao
-12.052222°,-77.139167° - Vantor
The Port of Callao is a maritime port on the central coast of Peru, serving as the de facto port for the city of Lima. It is one of the busiest ports in Latin American and the Caribbean, moving more than 2.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2018. Just north of the port is the Rímac River, seen in this Overview depositing large amounts of sediment into the Pacific Ocean.
Littleton Corn Maze
39.552208°,-105.100049° - Nearmap
Nothing says Halloween like pumpkin patches and corn mazes! Here’s a corn maze at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms in Littleton, Colorado. Do you think you could navigate through this seven-acre (28,000-square-meter) maze?
Lençóis Maranhenses Timelapse
-2.533333°,-43.116667° - Planet / Google Timelapse
Visit our Instagram @dailyoverview to see a Timelapse of sand dunes shifting over time in a section of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. Sand is carried to the park from the interior of the country by the Parnaíba and Preguiças rivers, where it is then driven back inland by coastal winds that blow up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour. The tallest dunes in the park rise to heights of 40 meters (130 feet).
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