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Philadelphia Auto Processing Facility
Thousands of automobiles await shipment and distribution at the Philadelphia Auto Processing Facility in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on the Delaware River, this 84-acre (34-hectare) facility handles both imports and exports. With connections to Interstates 95 and 76 and two large railways, it is a major supply chain hub for the U.S. automobile industry.
39.908861°,-75.136806°
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Tangalooma Wrecks
The Tangalooma Wrecks is a shipwreck site on the western side of Moreton Island in South East Queensland, Australia. It consists of 15 vessels that were deliberately sunk in 1963 to form a breakwall for small boats. In addition to providing safe harbor, the wrecks also created a popular dive and snorkel site, attracting a variety of marine life such as wobbegongs, trevally, kingfish, yellowtail and other tropical fish.
-27.162833°,153.368361°
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Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with more than 4.6 million people in its metro area. In this Overview, three waterways can be seen flowing through the city and emptying into Boston Harbor — Chelsea Creek at left; the Mystic River in the center; and the Charles River at right.
42.352238°,-71.159486°
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Prince Frederick Harbour Drainage
Check out the dendritic drainage patterns on this small bay in Prince Frederick Harbour, Western Australia. 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.
-15.000538°,125.289947°
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Cádiz
Cádiz is an ancient port city surrounded by the sea in southwest Spain. Because the city was constructed upon a spit of land that cannot support high-rises, its skyline has not substantially changed since medieval times. A portion of the “Old City” — an area characterized by narrow winding alleys connecting large plazas and markets — is seen in this Overview.
36.533694°,-6.297139°
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Seattle Center
Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. Its landmark feature is the 605-foot (184 m) tall Space Needle, an observation tower that has become a symbol of the city. Other attractions shown in this Overview include the Museum of Pop Culture (bottom left) and the Seattle Children’s Museum (bottom right).
47.620389°,-122.349111°
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Powderhorn Park
Powderhorn Park is a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting mostly of single-family homes, duplexes and some low-rise apartment buildings. The community's eponymous park system and lake — shown at the center of this Overview — hosts local sporting events, community education classes, and ice skating in the winter.
44.942944°,-93.256916°
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Arizona Rock Formations
In this Overview, large rock formations are shown rising above the desert landscape in Northeastern Arizona, USA. This region is arid, largely void of greenery, and characterized by hills, mesas, buttes, cliffs and canyons. This particular outcrop is about 12.5 miles (20 km) due east of the Navajo National Monument, which contains the well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan People.
36.052111°,-109.118611°
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Mount Damāvand
Clouds circle the summit of Mount Damāvand, the highest peak in Iran with an elevation of 18,403 feet (5,609 m). As a potentially active stratovolcano, Mount Damāvand is also the highest volcanic mountain in Asia and part of the Volcanic Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is roughly 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Tehran.
35.955556°,52.110000°
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Tokyo
Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with upwards of 38 million residents. Also, as of 2014, it had the largest metropolitan economy in the world, boasting a total gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.6 trillion. This Overview captures just a small portion of the city on Tokyo Bay, with the Arakawa River featured on the right-hand side.
35.668162°,139.600441°
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Glen Lake
Glen Lake is a lake in northwestern Michigan, USA, located just offshore Lake Michigan. It consists of two bodies of water connected by a narrow channel — "Big Glen Lake" and "Little Glen Lake," which together cover about 6,300 acres (25.5 sq. km) of surface area. With its surrounding wooded sand hills and remarkably clear water, Glen Lake is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the Great Lakes Region.
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Woodford Bay Boats
Dozens of sailboats are moored in Woodford Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Surrounding Woodford Bay is Longueville, a small residential suburb of Sydney, located about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the city’s central business district. Thousands of boats like the ones seen here are stationed in the channels and around the islands in the greater Sydney area.
-33.829861°,151.173972°
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Rapids Water Park
Rapids Water Park is a water park in Riviera Beach, Florida, attracting roughly 400,000 visitors per year. Founded in 1979 with just four water slides, the park has expanded to offer 42 slides and other attractions including a wave pool, a lazy river, and small-scale rides for children and toddlers. Riviera Beach is the easternmost municipality in the Miami metropolitan area.
26.771028°,-80.106944°
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St. Kilda Evaporation Ponds
Check out the amazing shades of red in this saltwater evaporation lagoon near St. Kilda, South Australia. This small suburb of Adelaide is surrounded by such ponds, which are filled in the spring and harvested in autumn. Salt taken from the ponds used to make soda ash, a key ingredient in the production of glass, paper, soaps and detergents.
-34.748278°,138.544556°
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Memorial City Interchange
A stack interchange forms at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Interstate 10 in Memorial City, Texas. Officially known as the “Memorial Management District,” Memorial City is a commercial district of Houston. Stack interchanges eliminate the problems of vehicle weaving, but have a large footprint and are widely considered to be an eyesore by those who live near them.
29.784528°,-95.563194°
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Sunglow Pier
Sunglow Pier extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the shore of Daytona Beach, Florida. The pier is a popular fishing spot for visitors, with an on-site rod, reel and bait shop and a small restaurant. Daytona Beach has more than 23 miles (37 km) of white sand beaches.
29.146556°,-80.964778°
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Brazilian Mining Waste Disaster
Last Friday, a tailings dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in Brumadinho, Brazil, spilling out more than 3 billion gallons (12 billion liters) of red mud and debris. Click the image below to see the areas around the dam before and after its collapse.Homes, cars, buses and other structures were engulfed by the sludgy spill, and the region’s entire ecosystem is expected to be impacted by the contaminants in the tailings — which include waste rock and other residue left over after ore extraction. As of today, media sources are reporting at least 99 people have died and more than 270 are missing.
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Chino Airport Retired Airplanes
A variety of retired aircraft sit on display at Chino Airport in San Bernardino County, California. The airport played an important role during World War II when it housed the Cal-Aero Academy, a flight training school for Army Air Cadets. After the war, hundreds of combat aircraft were brought to Chino for disposal; but many have been restored by two on-site aircraft museums — the Planes of Fame and the Yanks Air Museum.
33.975160°,-117.635251°
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Lake Macleod
Lake Macleod is the westernmost lake in Australia, located just north of the small coastal city of Carnarvon. Covering 500 square miles (1,500 sq. km), the lake is quite shallow with a maximum depth of about 5 feet (1.5 m). Large parts of the lake have been identified as Important Bird Areas, supporting fairy terns, red-necked stints, curlew sandpipers, banded stilts and other species.
-24.117778°,113.657500°
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Port of Tacoma Roofing Storage
Wooden pallets of roofing material are stacked next to the Port of Tacoma, Washington. In 2015, the Port of Tacoma handled $52.1 billion in international trade, importing and exporting 19 million short tons of cargo.
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