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Ob River
The Ob is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, and the seventh-longest river in the world, flowing for 2,268 miles (3,650 km). It is a vital resource for many Siberian communities, providing irrigation, drinking water, hydroelectric energy and fishing. The Gulf of Ob, which forms a bay on the Arctic Ocean, is the world’s longest estuary at 620 miles (1,000 km) long.
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Northumberlandia
Northumberlandia, or “Lady of the North,” is a massive land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure near the town of Cramlington in northern England. Completed in 2012, the sculpture is made of 1.5 million metric tonnes of earth removed from the neighboring Shotton Surface Mine. It is 112 feet (34 m) high and 1,300 feet (400 m) long.
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Roebuck Bay
The aquamarine water of Roebuck Bay rolls onto red sand in Broome, Western Australia. A coastal town, Broome is home to roughly 14,000 people, but its population can grow to upwards of 45,000 per month during peak tourist season from June to August.
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Arecibo Observatory
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The telescope, which is 1,000 feet (305 m) in diameter, is used for three major areas of research — radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and radar astronomy. Last year, high winds associated with Hurricane Maria caused a line feed on the telescope to break and fall onto the primary dish, damaging about 30 of its 38,000 aluminum panels.
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Greater Caucasus Mountains
The Greater Caucasus Mountains form a natural border between Russia and Georgia, stretching east to west from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. This Overview shows a stretch of mountains in Abkhazia, a de facto and partially recognized republic in northwestern Georgia. Disputes over the status of this region led to the War in Abkhazia from 1992 to 1993 and remains a central issue in Georgia-Russia relations today.
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Mount Vernon Flower Nursery
A variety of flowers, ornamental grasses, and other plants grow at a nursery in Mount Vernon, Washington — a small city roughly 60 miles (96 km) north of Seattle. Mount Vernon is the county seat of Skagit County, which has a climate similar to Northern France and thus yields millions of tulips every year.
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Jönköping
Jönköping is a city in southern Sweden with roughly 94,000 inhabitants. It is situated at the southern end of Vättern, Sweden's second largest lake. Our founder Benjamin Grant is currently traveling there and two other towns at the southern end of Vättern to speak and meet with students. He will visit Jönköping University, the town of Hjo, and will do an exhibition of prints in collaboration with Uponwalls in the harbor in Granvik.
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MS Spirit of Tasmania
The MS Spirit of Tasmania backs away from a pier in the Port of Melbourne, Australia. This ferry makes daily trips to and from Melbourne and Devonport, Tasmania — a journey of roughly 9 hours. Tasmania is an island state of Australia, located 150 miles (240 km) to the south of the Australian mainland.
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Erg Iguidi
The Erg Iguidi is a large erg in the Tindouf Province of southwestern Algeria. An erg — also called a dune sea — is a broad, flat area of desert covered with windswept sand and little or no vegetation. Part of the greater Sahara Desert, the Erg Iguidi’s narrow, linear dunes stretch for roughly 250 miles (400 km) into northern Mali and Mauritania.
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Willie Creek
Willie Creek is a protected tidal estuary roughly 10.5 miles (17 km) north of Broome, Western Australia. The creek’s calm, nutrient-rich waters make it an ideal habitat for the Pinctada maxima oyster, which produces world-renowned pearls.
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Tracy, California Agricultural Trucks
Two tractors spread material at an agricultural by-product storage and solar drying facility in Tracy, California. At this 40-acre facility, by-products such as grape pomace, almond hulls and peach pits are spread thin and aerated before being stockpiled and recycled. More than 50,000 tons of biofuel products are also stored at this location.
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Währing District
The Währing District in northwestern Vienna, Austria, is home to roughly 52,000 people and is captured in this Overview. It contains Türkenschanzpark, one of the largest parks in the city and the site of Vienna’s University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Our founder Benjamin Grant just arrived in Vienna to deliver a talk at this year’s Future Day Conference. We hope to see some of you there!
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Colorado Farmland Patterns
Check out this Overview, which shows some interesting patterns of farmland in Logan County, Colorado. Much of the county's 1,845 square miles (4,780 sq. km) is used for farming, ranching or related activities, making it one of the most productive agricultural counties in the state. Shown in the bottom half of this image is the small town of Peetz, which has more wind turbines (300) than residents (238).
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Swanson Dock
Swanson Dock is an international shipping facility on the north bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. It and several other docks make up the Port of Melbourne, one of Australia’s largest ports for containerized and general cargo. Swanson Dock East has a berth length of 2,900 feet (884 m), six container cranes and 99 acres (40 hectares) of container storage, while Swanson Dock West has 3,097 feet (944 m) of wharves, seven cranes and 84 acres (34 hectares) of storage space.
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Qantas Jet Over Adelaide
A Qantas jet flies over Wakefield Street in Adelaide, South Australia, after taking off from Adelaide Airport. Adelaide is the fifth-largest city in Australia, and its airport is the country’s fifth-busiest. Between 2016 and 2017, it served roughly 8 million passengers and saw an 11% increase in international travelers.
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Palu, Indonesia Earthquake Aftermath (Juxtapose)
These Overviews show Palu, Indonesia, before and after it was hit by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and a roughly 30-foot-high (9 m) tsunami late last month. At first glance, we notice a considerable amount of sediment and debris from the storm has washed into Palu Bay, and as we zoom in, we see more detailed damage to the city’s infrastructure, including the Jembatan Palu IV Bridge. Palu was hardest hit by the disaster, but other areas on the island of Sulawesi were also affected. The death toll has risen well above 2,000 and more than 80,000 people have been left homeless or otherwise displaced, with miles of coastline destroyed.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport covers 4,700 acres (1,902 hectares) of land approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of central Atlanta, Georgia. It has 209 domestic and international gates and five parallel runways, which handle upwards of 900,000 flights per year. Hartsfield-Jackson has been the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998 — it serviced 103 million travelers in 2017.
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St. George Airport Tracks
What do you think is happening in this Overview? From our perspective, it looks like someone got excited while driving a road-striping truck. Regardless of how it happened, this vibrant display is found on the grounds of the former St. George Municipal Airport in St. George, Utah. Now closed, the facility was used for general aviation from 1972 until it was replaced by another airport in 2011. Head over to our Instagram and let us know your best guess in the comments!
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Mexico Beach Damage From Hurricane Michael
A week ago today, on October 10th, Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 kmh). The Category 4 storm made history as the third strongest by pressure and fourth strongest by wind speed to make landfall in the continental United States. As shown in this Overview, Michael caused extensive damage to the community, so much so that FEMA Administrator Brock Long called the area “ground zero.”
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Kawah Ijen
Kawah Ijen is a stratovolcano in the East Java Province of Indonesia. It has a 0.6-mile-wide (1 km) turquoise-colored acidic crater lake, which is the site of a major sulfur mining operation. At night, when sulfuric gases make contact with fresh air, electric blue flames can be seen rising from volcano up to 16 feet (5 m) high.
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