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San Cristóbal Volcano
12.703833°,-87.000778° - Vantor
San Cristóbal Volcano is the highest and one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. Standing at 5,725 feet (1,745 m), it is located in the northwest corner of the country near the city of Chinandega. San Cristóbal has been consistently active since 1997, including an eruption on Christmas Day in 2012 that caused hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate.
Manheim Auto Auction Lot
40.140361°,-76.396770° - Nearmap
Vehicles await auction on a large lot in Manheim, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1945, this facility is the world’s largest wholesale auto auction, handling around 8 million vehicles per year at more than 100 locations worldwide. The lot seen in this Overview is approximately 500 acres (200 hectares) in size.
Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin
38.887333°,-77.039389° - Nearmap
Independence Avenue encircles a section of the Tidal Basin Reservoir in Washington, D.C. Originally named South B Street, this major roadway was constructed between 1791 and 1823 and passes by many of the city’s monuments, including the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. In the spring, it is also a popular route for viewing Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms, some of which can be seen in this Overview.
Naval Outlying Field Spencer
30.624667°,-87.139750° - Nearmap
Naval Outlying Field Spencer is a military airport roughly two miles northeast of Pace, Florida, in Santa Rosa County. Centered on 640 acres, its eight equally-sized runways form two overlapping squares: one with corners pointing North, South, East and West, and another that is rotated 45 degrees.
Budapest
47.518667°,19.054139° - Vantor
Budapest is the capital of and most populous city in Hungary, as well as one of the largest cities in the European Union. It is home to more than 1,750,000 people and the birthplace of Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube. The Danube River enters Budapest from the north and encircles several islands, including Margaret Island, which can be seen at the top of this Overview.
Aquatica Water Park
29.458417°,-98.698139° - Nearmap
Check out this Overview of Aquatica, a water park in San Antonio, Texas. Constructed in 2012, Aquatica boasts several water slides, pools, a 42,000-square-foot beach area, an aviary, and its signature “Stingray Falls,” a family raft ride that runs through an underground grotto full of stingrays and tropical fish.
Marblehead Boats
42.495346°,-70.848786° - Nearmap
Hundreds of boats take harbor in a bay next to Marblehead, Massachusetts, a coastal town roughly 16 miles (25km) north of Boston. With a population of about 20,000, Marblehead has roots in commercial fishing, whaling, and yachting. In fact, it is often referred to as the birthplace of the United States Navy, as many of its resident sailors played a pivotal role in the American Revolution.
Lop Nur Potash Evaporation Ponds
40.417972°,90.795250° - Vantor
The Lop Nur Potash Ponds are located in the Taklamakan Desert of northern China. Potash, a form of potassium salt, is a major nutrient for plant growth and a key ingredient in fertilizers. The bright colors seen in this Overview occur because the water is dyed blue to absorb more sunlight and heat, thereby reducing the amount of time it takes for water to evaporate and the potash to crystallize.
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
-15.823611°,-47.829444° - Vantor
The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge is a steel and concrete structure that crosses Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil. The main span has four supporting pillars submerged underwater, while the deck weight is supported by three 200-foot-tall (61 m) asymmetrical steel arches that crisscross diagonally over the bridge.
Oil platform
46.166667°,51.583333° - Vantor
Two boats pass through the sea walls surrounding an oil extraction platform in Kazakhstan’s zone of the Caspian Sea. This area is known as the Kashagan Field, an offshore oil field that is estimated to have a recoverable reserve around 13 billion barrels of crude oil. However, due to harsh conditions - specifically sea ice during the winter, yearly temperature variation from −35 to 40 °C (−31 to 104 °F), extremely shallow water, and high levels of hydrogen sulfide that eventually need to be removed from the extracted oil - many consider it to be one of the most challenging oil megaprojects in the world.
Umlazi Township
-29.948412°,30.878737° - Vantor
Houses swirl on the hills of Umlazi - a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The present site of Umlazi was occupied by American missionaries in 1836 and only opened to black residents in 1965, many of whom moved there from Durban. The current population of the township is approximately 405,000.
Lake Tandou
-32.595085°,142.035856° - Vantor
This Overview shows approximately 22 miles of Lake Tandou, an innovative water conservation project in New South Wales, Australia. The lakebed is protected from flooding and uses irrigation canals (the thin green lines) to grow cotton, sunflowers, and grains.
Khalifa International Stadium
25.263664°,51.448078° - Vantor
Khalifa International Stadium is a massive sports complex in Doha, Qatar. The facility is currently undergoing a massive renovation and expansion in advance of the 2022 World Cup, which will be hosted by the Qataris. The blue structure adjacent to the stadium is Aspire Academy, a youth sports school.
Port of Rotterdam Dry Terminal
51.938843°,4.047934° - Vantor
The dry terminal at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is the busiest transshipment facility of its kind in Europe - moving primarily coal and iron ore. The massive vessels that dock here carry up to 380,000 tonnes of these minerals to power plants and blast-furnaces in Germany, France, Belgium, and other European countries.
Frankfurt Airport
50.033333°,8.570556° - Vantor
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport in Germany, averaging 1,365 flights per day and 65 million passengers per year. With more than 70,000 employees, the airport it is also the single largest workplace in the country.
Residential houses
39.671868°,-74.238280° - Vantor
Residential houses are built along canals in Manahawkin, New Jersey, USA. The town’s name is believed to have come from a Lenape word meaning "fertile land sloping into the water.”
Xiluodu Dam
28.259850°,103.649500° - Vantor
Water from the Jinsha River surges through the Xiluodu Dam near Xiluodu, China. Arch dams like this one are designed so that the force of the contained water presses against the arch, compressing and strengthening the structure by pushing it into its foundation. At 937 feet (286 meters), the dam in Xiluodu is the fourth tallest in the world and is primarily used for hydroelectric power generation.
Brock Reservoir
32.716000°,-115.036000° - Vantor
The Brock Reservoir - located near Gordons Well, California, USA - is used to supply water to nearby farmers via the All-American Canal. Compared to other reservoirs, Brock’s capacity is relatively small with storage for only 2,600 million US gallons. Since 2013, reservoirs across the state of California has experienced a significant reduction in water levels, with more than 80% of land experiencing severe to exceptional drought.
Highway interchange
29.975280°,-90.319194° - Vantor
A highway interchange connects Interstate 310 and U.S Route 61 outside of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Because the roadways in this area were built on top of environmentally sensitive wetlands, construction platforms were mounted on top of concrete piles to minimize disruption with the terrain below.
Port of Copenhagen
55.671800°,12.581700° - Vantor
The Port of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark has one of the largest passenger terminals in the Baltic Sea, handling more than 1.6 million passengers annually. A cruise ship with an approximate length of 1000 feet (305 meters) is seen at one of its docks. The facility also contains one of the region’s busiest cargo terminals, which moves more than 18 million tonnes of cargo each year.
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