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Port of Tacoma
A freighter full of shipping containers docks in the Port of Tacoma, located in Washington State. Together, the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle make up the fourth-largest container gateway in North America. In 2016, cargo traffic through the ports totaled 3.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) weighing 28 million metric tons.
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Henningsvær Soccer Pitch
Check out this unique soccer pitch in Henningsvær, a fishing village located on several small islands in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago. Situated inside the Arctic Circle, this 74-acre (0.3 sq. km) village has a population of less than 500 people. Henningsvær is a popular tourist destination, attracting hikers, climbers, divers and snorkelers.
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Lake Cuowomo, China
The ultramarine waters of Lake Cuowomo add color to the landscape in Ngamring County, a remote section of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. This lake, among others in Tibet, were favorite sites of NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly during his "Year in Space" mission in 2015-16.
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Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
O'Hare International Airport — located in the far northwest corner of Chicago, Illinois — is the sixth-busiest passenger airport in the world. It provides direct flights to 217 destinations in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. In 2017, O'Hare served more than 79.8 million passengers.
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Khawr Abd Allah Estuary Overturned Boat
A large boat lies overturned in the Khawr Abd Allah estuary, near the city of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Since this waterway is close to Iraq’s borders with Kuwait and Iran, it has played an important role in regional conflicts, such as the Iran-Iraq War and the First Gulf War.
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Marrakesh
The medina quarter in Marrakesh, Morocco, is characterized by its winding, maze-like streets. Since the intricately connected honeycomb of alleyways narrows to less than a meter (~ 3 ft) wide in certain spots, the area is generally free from car traffic.
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Museum of Pop Culture
The Museum of Pop Culture (also known as MoPOP) is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. Founded in 2000, it contains exhibits on fantasy, horror cinema, video games, science fiction, music and more. The museum’s unique, 140,000-square-foot (13,000 sq. meter) structure was designed by architect Frank Gehry.
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Kvíslavatn
Kvíslavatn is a lake in the Highlands of Iceland, just southeast of the Hofsjökull glacier. It covers an area of roughly 7.75 square miles (20 sq. km) and reaches a depth of 36 feet (11 m). The Icelandic Highlands cover nearly all of the country’s interior and are mostly an uninhabitable volcanic desert.
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King River
Wispy clouds follow the route of the King River through southwestern Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is an island state of Australia located 150 miles (240km) off the mainland, and much of its 26,410-square-mile (68,401 sq. km) landmass is still densely forested. In this Overview, the King River flows through the Teepookana Forest Reserve, a protected area that spans more than 1.2 million acres (500,000 hectares).
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Statue of Liberty
The incredible shot shows the Statue of Liberty in New York City. The colossal copper structure depicts a robed female figure — Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty — who bears a torch and a tablet upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence — July 4, 1776. The statue is an American icon of freedom and a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.
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Saronic Gulf Fish Farming
Check out this Overview, which shows a fish farming operation in the Saronic Gulf, just off the eastern tip of Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula. Fish farming — or pisciculture — involves raising fish in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. In 2015, Greece had at least 300 of these farms and raised more than 242 million pounds (109 million kg) of fish and mussels.
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Lamberts Point Pier 6 Coal Railyard
Train cars filled with coal are stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. Operated by the Norfolk Southern corporation, Lamberts Point Pier 6 is the largest coal-loading station in the Northern Hemisphere and serves at the temporary depot for the company’s fleet of 23,000 coal cars.
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Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange
The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a 130-foot-tall (40 m) stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California. It is formed by the intersection of Interstate 105 (Glenn M. Anderson Freeway) and Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). For a full weekend in 2015, one of the interchange ramps was closed for filming the opening musical number of “La La Land.”
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Great Salt Lake 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.
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Orlando International Airport (MCO)
Orlando International Airport is a major public airport located six miles (10 km) southeast of Downtown Orlando, Florida. It is the busiest airport in Florida and the eleventh-busiest in the United States, handling more than 44.5 million passengers in 2017. Its hub-and-spoke layout features a large main terminal building surrounded by four airside concourses, with a total of 129 gates.
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Washington Wastewaster Pools
Aerobic digesters agitate wastewater at a sewage treatment plant in Camas, Washington. This process is designed to reduce the volume of sewage sludge in the water, making it suitable for subsequent use. After it has been treated, the water is discharged from the plant into the Columbia River.
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Twiske Peat Ponds
Peat ponds and polders form a unique landscape in the Twiske, a large recreation area and nature reserve in the northwest of the Netherlands. Polders are low-lying pieces of reclaimed land protected by dikes, and roughly 4,000 of them exist in the Netherlands. Located just north of Amsterdam, the Twiske is home to a wealth of reed and water birds, foxes, ermines, and other wildlife.
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Sakurajima
Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano and a former island in Kyushu, Japan. Lava flows from the volcano’s 1914 eruption connected it with the Osumi Peninsula, as shown in the bottom left of this Overview. Since 1955, Sakurajima has been erupting almost constantly, producing thousands of small explosions every year.
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Kujalleq Frozen River
A frozen river is seen here in Kujalleq Municipality, Greenland. At 12,355 square miles (32,000 sq. km), Kujalleq is the smallest district in Greenland by area. Its coat of arms features a ram’s head, which symbolizes one of the area’s most important economic assets — sheep farming.
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Sakai Tumuli
Keyhole-shaped tumuli are scattered throughout the city of Sakai in Japan's Osaka Prefecture. A tumulus is a mound of earth or stone raised over a grave, and the largest one shown in this Overview is the final resting place of Emperor Nintoku. Nearly 1,600 feet (486 m) long with a mound 115 feet (35 m) high, it covers the largest area of any tomb in the world.
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