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Tofua
-19.750000°,-175.075000° - Airbus Space
Tofua is a volcanic island in Tonga, about 100 miles (161 km) north of the main island. Its sides rise steeply to the rim of its caldera, which is partially filled by a crater lake roughly 1,600 feet (500 m) deep. The entire island is a national park, containing many species of unique birds and the largest area of undisturbed Tongan tropical moist forests in Tonga.
Residential Ankara
39.987500°,32.850167° - Maxar
A residential section of northern Ankara, Türkiye, is shown in this Overview. Ankara is Türkiye’s capital and second largest city (after Istanbul), with more than 5.4 million residents. Historically known as Angora, the city lends its name to Angora wool, which is shorn from Angora rabbits and the long-haired Angora goat – the source of mohair.
Japan
35.683333°,139.766667° - Airbus Space
Japan is one of the most populous countries in Asia and the world, with about 125 million inhabitants. It spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands along the Pacific coast of Asia, with the four main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. Although Japan is a relatively small county by land area, it has the sixth-longest coastline in the world at 18,486 miles (29,751 km).
Martha’s Vineyard
41.400000°,-70.616667° - Maxar
Martha’s Vineyard is an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, located in the Atlantic Ocean just south of Cape Cod. It is the third-largest island on the East Coast of the U.S., with a land area of about 96 square miles (250 sq. km). More than half of Martha’s Vineyard’s homes are seasonally occupied; in the summer, its population swells from about 20,000 to upwards of 200,000.
Split
43.510000°,16.440000° - Maxar
Split, Croatia - positioned on a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea - is the second most populous city in the country (behind the capital Zagreb) with roughly 160,000 inhabitants. Split’s architecture reflects its position in many different empires throughout history, with structures of Romanesque, Venetian, Neoclassical and Modern styles.
Rotunda da Boavista
41.157573°,-8.629092° - Maxar
The Rotunda da Boavista is large traffic circle and iconic landmark in Porto, Portugal. Eight streets meet at its center, which features a decorative garden and a 148-foot (45-m) column that commemorates the victory of the Portuguese during the Peninsular War (1807–1814). Also visible in this Overview is Cemitério de Agramonte and Casa da Música.
Skellig Michael
51.771130°,-10.539963° - Maxar
Skellig Michael is an island 7.2 miles (11.6 km) west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Its landscape is steep and inhospitable, but it contains the site of a 6th century Gaelic monastery and serves as a habitat for puffins, razorbills and grey seals. The island is named after the archangel Michael, with "Skellig" derived from the Gaelic word sceilig, meaning a splinter of stone.
Boca Raton
26.386332°,-80.179917° - Maxar
Residential development is seen in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. Because many cities in the state contain master-planned communities, often built on top of waterways in the latter half of the twentieth century, there are a number of intricate designs that are visible from the Overview perspective. Boca Raton is home to roughly 91,000 residents.
Pebble Beach
36.568611°,-121.950556° - Maxar
Pebble Beach Golf Links is a public, 18-hole golf course in Pebble Beach, California. Hugging the rugged coastline of the Monterey Peninsula with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, it is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful courses on the world. Pebble Beach has hosted six U.S. Open Championships and a PGA Championship.
Lake Natron
-2.348486°,35.731660° - Maxar Technologies
Lake Natron is a salt lake in the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania, not far from the border with Kenya. It is shallow — less than 10 feet (3 m) deep — and varies in width depending on its water level. The color of Lake Natron is typical of saline lakes with high evaporation rates, in which salt-loving microorganisms thrive using photosynthesis to make their own food. A by-product of this photosynthesis causes deeper water to turn bright red and shallow parts of the lake to take on a rusty orange color.
School Bus Assembly Plant
36.189292°,-95.875041° - Nearmap
Hundreds of school buses are seen at an assembly plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. The standard American school bus is 45 feet (13.7 meters) long and has a seating capacity of up to 90 passengers. This particular facility manufactures 50 to 75 buses a day on average.
Colorado Tire Graveyard
40.073594°,-104.643020° - Maxar
North America’s largest tire dump is located in Hudson, Colorado. The facility contains 50-foot-deep (15-meter) pits filled with approximately 60 million scrap tires. An estimated 1.5 billion tires are discarded each year worldwide. Of that amount, more than half are burned for their fuel.
Inis Oírr
53.058056°,-9.527500° - Maxar
Inis Oírr, or Inisheer, is the smallest and most eastern of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. Its terrain is composed of limestone pavements formed about 350 million years ago, which residents have used to form an extensive network of stone walls across the island. Inis Oírr has five primary villages and about 260 permanent residents.
Florence
43.783333°,11.250000° - Maxar
Florence, the capital of Italy’s Tuscany Region, is seen here flanking the Arno River. Noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture, monuments, and museums, the city attracts millions of tourists every year. Among Florence’s many red terra-cotta roofs, we can see one of its most iconic sights — the Santa Maria del Fiore, or Florence Cathedral, which is home to the largest dome built of brick and mortar in the world.
Chicama, Peru
-8.005722°,-79.188250° - Maxar
Waves roll in to Chicama, Peru. This area is well known for having one of the longest surfs in the world, especially at “The Point,” a spot where you can allegedly surf a single wave for slightly more than a mile (2 km) if conditions are right.
Hulhumalé
4.180755°,73.534472° - Maxar
Hulhumalé is an artificial island in the Maldives, gradually formed by land reclamation since 1997. Now 2 square miles (4 sq. km) with a population near 100,000, the island was built to ease congestion on nearby Malé, which lies opposite Velana International Airport. With a population of 252,768 in an area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 sq. km), Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
Seattle
47.609722°,-122.333056° - Nearmap
Seattle is the most populous city in the state of Washington, with a population of roughly 750,000. Situated on an isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, the city is a major gateway for trade with Asia. This Overview shows several neighborhoods north of the city center, including Eastlake, Portage Bay, Montlake and others.
Libya Irrigation
26.972480°,22.215840° - NASA / Google Timelapse
In Libya, where 90% of land is desert and just 2% gets enough rainfall for cultivation, irrigation is required to grow food. This Overview shows a series of center-pivot irrigation fields near the Kufra Oasis, one of Libya’s largest agricultural projects. Irrigation throughout Libya relies on the “Great Man-made River” — a 2,820-kilometer (1,750-mile) network of pipes supplying fresh water obtained from underground fossil aquifers.
Sundarbans
21.950000°,89.183333° - NASA
The Sundarbans is a region that covers 3,900 square miles (10,000 square km) of southern Bangladesh and a small section of Eastern India. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests and contains the largest natural reserve for the Bengal tiger. Over the past two centuries, approximately 2,600 square miles (6,700 square km) of the Sundarbans’ land has been developed.
Guayas River Estuary
-2.208180°,-79.942960° - Maxar
Guayaquil, Ecuador, sits on the upper stretches of the Guayas River estuary, adjacent to a 235-square-mile (608-sq.-km) network of tributaries and mangrove forests. Since the 1970s, commercial shrimp farms have become commonplace in the estuary, leading to mangrove deforestation. This presents a conflict for Guayaquil, which benefits from shrimp exporting but is the planet’s fourth-most vulnerable city to future flooding due to climate change.
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