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Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael is an island located roughly seven miles west of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. Between the 6th and 8th century a Celtic Christian monastery was established here and was occupied until the 12th century. You may also recognize it as the secret island from the seventh Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker hides out.
51.771130°,-10.539963°
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Evaporation ponds
Evaporation ponds in the Great Salt Lake, Utah are pictured in this Overview. The Great Salt Lake contributes an estimated $1.3 billion annually to Utah’s economy, including $1.1 billion from industry, which is mostly due to mineral extraction. Minerals extracted from the lake include sodium chloride, potassium sulfate, and magnesium-chloride.
40.792726°,-112.592892°
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L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA)
L.F. Wade International Airport is the only airport in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. Due to the island's substantial distance from the nearest land mass, the airport only handles jets and long-range turboprops. The facility accommodates roughly one million passengers every year.
32.368277°,-64.685628°
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Caiji Co
Pictured here is Caiji Co, a body of water in the Ngari Prefecture of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. At one point Ngari was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Guge, and later along with Ü and Tsang, composed Ü-Tsang, one of the traditional provinces of Tibet.
31.205285°,85.434498°
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Villarrica
Villarrica, a volcano in the Chilean Central Valley, is one of the few volcanoes in the world with a lava lake in its crater. Rising 2,860 m (9,380 ft), Villarrica covers an area of 400 square kilometers. The volcano’s most recent serious eruption was in 2015, which caused the evacuation of thousands of people in nearby communities.
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Glacier melt
Hundreds of tiny streams caused by glacier melt, merge together in the southern region of Iceland to form an outlet into the North Atlantic Ocean. Rising lava, steam vents, or newly opened hot springs can all cause this rapid ice melt, leading to a sizable release of water that picks up sediment as it flows down from the glaciers.
63.806677°,-17.543741°
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New Delhi
New Delhi serves as the capital of India and is home to more than 21 million residents in its metro area. Officially inaugurated in February 1931, the city was planned by British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. Their design centered around two promenades - the Rajpath and the Janpath - that run perpendicular to each other and intersect here at center.
28.615593°,77.209023°
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Sheep's Meadow
Sheep Meadow covers 15 acres on the west side of Central Park in New York. As seen in this Overview, the meadow often draw massive crowds of sunbathers looking for a place to lay out, and can attract up to over 30,000 visitors a day in the summer months.
40.770784°,-73.977618°
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Nusa Penida
Two secluded beaches are seen on the island of Nusa Penida, located off the southeastern coast of Bali. The island has come to be the unofficial bird sanctuary for numbers of endangered Balinese and Indonesian bird species, most notably the Bali Starlin.
-8.752065°,115.473136°
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Uummannaq Fjord
Ice melt in the Uummannaq Fjord in Greenland is seen in this Overview. The edges of Greenland’s ice sheet melt every summer; however, because the sheet is steepest at the edge, and flatter towards the middle, the warming of summer exposes a larger area of ice to melting every year. This particular Fjord is the second largest in eastern Greenland behind the Kangertittivaq Fjord.
70.676582°,-52.097400°
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Iron Ore Mine Tailings Pond
Tailings are the waste and by-products generated by mining operations. The tailings seen here were pumped into the Gribbens Basin, next to the Empire and Tilden Iron Ore Mines in Negaunee, Michigan, USA. Once the materials are pumped into the pond, they are mixed with water to create a sloppy form of mud known as slurry. The slurry is then pumped through magnetic separation chambers to extract usable ore and increase the mine’s total output. For a sense of scale, this Overview shows approximately 2.5 square kilometers (1 square mile) of the basin.
46.407676°,-87.530954°
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Harris Cattle Ranch
Harris Cattle Ranch is located in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Spanning 800 acres with a a cattle population of over 100,000, the facility produces 150 million pounds of beef per year, making it the largest beef producer on the West Coast of the United States.
36.305402°,-120.258655°
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Pama, Austria
Agricultural development is seen around the village of Pama, Austria. The area has a population of roughly 1,100 and primarily produces wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
48.047364°,17.034543°
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Lava Field
Pivot irrigation fields surround a lava field known as The Cinders, in Millard County, Utah. Along with farming, one of the elements of Millard County's economy is fossil digging as Trilobite fossils are relatively common in the region west of Delta.
38.968922°,-112.472327°
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Berlin
The magnificent architecture of the Winsviertel and Bötzowviertel quarters, both located within Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin are captured in this Overview.
52.534336°,13.425719°
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Kuşadası
Kuşadası is a resort town located on the Aegean Sea in Turkey. While the town has roughly 64,00 residents for most of year, in the summer months its population can rise to nearly half a million people with the influx of tourists.
37.859722°,27.259722°
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Fortaleza
Waves rolls into the coast of Fortaleza, Brazil. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Fortaleza has nearly 25 kilometers (16 miles) of urban beaches.The city serves the state capital of Ceará in the northeast of the country and is home to roughly 2.3 million people.
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Munsu Water Park
Munsu Water Park is located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The facility is open year-round with water slides, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, various sport courts, and a rock climbing wall.
39.039177°,125.780009°
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World Trade Center Aftermath
This overview was captured above Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan on September 23, 2001. In the face of such darkness and destruction, we hope we can use this memory as an opportunity to recognize how essential it is to foster an appreciation and love for our fellow man.
40.711596°,-74.013218°
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Houston Abandoned Cars
Hundreds of abandoned cars that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey are seen at the Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, Texas, USA. It is estimated that 30,000 now fill the lot and more than a half a million cars were damaged by the storm’s floodwaters. The cars will remain here until insurance adjusters assess the damage and process claims for each vehicle.
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