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Louvre Museum
A river cruise passes by the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Located on the Seine River, the Louvre is the world’s most visited museum, receiving more than nine million visitors per year. The entrance to the museum, seen at the top and center of this Overview is a glass and metal pyramid, designed by architect I.M. Pei. Visitors enter through the pyramid, descend into the spacious lobby, and then re-ascend into the wings of the museum.
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Las Vegas at night
The glowing lights of Las Vegas, Nevada are captured here from the International Space Station. Since the city is entirely surrounded by desert, its brightly lit grid of streets starkly contrasts the dark, undeveloped area on its outskirts. You’ll also notice the Las Vegas Strip - the city’s central avenue that is seen at the middle of this Overview. This particular area is one of the brightest spots on Earth due to the concentration of lights emanating from the hotels and casinos along the road.
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Makati City
Makati City is one of sixteen cities that constitutes Manila, the capital of the Philippines. As seen in this Overview, the architecture of the city has a fascinating blend of Spanish colonial architecture and modern skyscrapers.
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Bondi Beach
It’s a chilly afternoon up here in New York but it’s already the weekend down at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia! One of the city’s most popular destinations, the beach gets its name from the Aboriginal word “Bondi” that means waves breaking over rocks. Tag someone you’ll be seeing this weekend and have a great one, no matter where you are!
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Heart-shaped Lake
It’s Valentine’s Day! Check out this heart-shaped lake in Columbia Station, Ohio, USA. Send this to that special someone and have a wonderful day!
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Seaweed Farms
Seaweed farms on Nusa Lembongan – a small island located southeast of Bali, Indonesia – have an average harvest of 50,000 pounds per month. Once the seaweed is extracted from the water, it is dried by the sun for 3-7 days, depending on the season.
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Residential Development
Residential homes in Killeen, Texas. The town’s population grew from 86,911 to more than 127,000 in the decade between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, making it one of the fastest growing areas in the United States.
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The Great Pyramids of Giza
The Great Pyramids of Giza are located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Dating back to 2580 BC, the Great Pyramid, the largest structure at the site, is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world and the only one to remain largely intact. With an estimated 2,300,000 stone blocks weighing from 2 to 30 tons each, the 481 foot pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for more than 3,800 years.
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Grand Prismatic Spring
Yellowstone National Park was established on March 1, 1872. At the Grand Prismatic Spring, visitors can get a close-up view on a series of elevated boardwalks. The hot spring gets its vivid color from pigmented bacteria that grow around the edge of the mineral-rich water.
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Beach Umbrellas
Umbrellas dot the beaches of Pesaro, Italy. The town is located on the Adriatic Sea and maintains an average temperature of 27° C (80.6° F) during the summer months.
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Dendritic drainage systems
A dendritic drainage pattern is seen around the Shadegan Lagoon by Musa Bay in Iran. 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.
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Lyon
The city of Lyon is the third largest city in France and is situated at the convergence of the Rhône and Saône Rivers. A section of the city, split by the Rhône, is seen in this Overview. Lyon is often recognized as the birthplace of cinema - pioneered by the Lumière brothers here in 1895 - as well as a major culinary center.
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Industrial buildings
Industrial buildings cover approximately one square mile in Westminster, a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of California, USA. The complex includes numerous warehouses, a roller skating rink, and multiple engineering facilities.
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Itaipu Reservoir
Agricultural fields line the shores of the Itaipu Reservoir—a body of water that forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The area’s tropical climate makes it an ideal place to grow sugarcane, coffee, tea, and cotton.
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Östermalm
Östermalm is one of the largest districts in Stockholm, Sweden and contains the city’s most expensive real estate. The Swedish capital is spread across fourteen islands and has a population of 850,000 in its urban area.
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Cloverleaf interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is constructed on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar. The objective of a cloverleaf is to allow two highways to cross without the need to stop traffic.
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Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles are situated across 2,000 acres of land behind the Palace of Versailles, 19 kilometers (12 miles) outside of Paris. The grounds are landscaped in the classic French garden style, including one section known as The Orangerie - an area seen here at the upper right that contains more than one thousand (primarily orange) trees.
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Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport in Colorado covers more than 33,000 acres (52 square miles), making it is the largest airport in the United States by total land area. The facility is the 18th-busiest airport in the world and the 6th busiest in the United States by passenger traffic with more than 54 million passengers.
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. The geological wonder is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide, and attains a depth of 6,093 feet (1,857 meters) at it’s deepest point. Recent studies suggest that the river established its course through the area roughly 5 or 6 million years ago and has continuously expanded the size of the canyon and exposed nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history since then.
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Selkirk Yard
Selkirk Yard is a freight railroad yard located eight miles south of Albany, New York that serves as a gateway to points east of the Hudson River, including New York City. Using computerized controls, the yard can process more than 3,200 cars per day.
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