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Chicago Polar Vortex
Check out this amazing Overview of Chicago, Illinois, and Lake Michigan during last week's polar vortex. Captured Thursday by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite, it shows the entire city covered in snow with massive chunks of lake ice floating offshore. Chicago finished off the month of January with 13 consecutive days of snow and some of its coldest temperatures in more than three decades.
41.833647°,-87.872390°
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Bingham Creek Reservoir
Copper residue stains the walls of the Bingham Creek Reservoir in Salt Lake County, Utah. The reservoir is owned by the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation and is used to store wastewater from the nearby Bingham Canyon Mine, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world.
40.561472°,-112.088611°
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Boat on Inglis River
A personal water craft speeds away from a pier on the Inglis River in North West Tasmania, Australia. The Inglis flows for roughly 38 miles (61 km) before emptying into the Bass Strait, the body of water that separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.
-40.985250°,145.730194°
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Serra de Santa Bárbara Volcano
Serra de Santa Bárbara is an inactive volcanic peak on the island of Terceira in the Azores, Portugal. At 3,350 feet (1,021 m), it is the highest point on the island. Just below the peak is the Santa Bárbara Caldera, which is roughly 0.6 miles (1 km) in diameter and has two smaller peaks in its center.
38.729723°,-27.333654°
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Fes el Bali
Fes el Bali is the oldest walled part in the city of Fez, Morocco. With a total population of 156,000, the area is believed to be the biggest car-free urban neighborhood in the world due its narrow streets that are only two feet wide in some sections.
34.061111°,-4.977778°
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Heart Shaped Island
Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re spreading the love today with this Overview of Galešnjak - a naturally occurring heart-shaped island, located off the coast of Croatia.
43.978331°,15.382505°
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Seuss Landing
Seuss Landing is one of eight “islands” inside Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida. It is based on the works of author Dr. Seuss and features attractions such as “The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride” and a “Green Eggs and Ham Cafe.” True to Seussian style, the theme park claims that no straight lines exist in its design — even palm trees left bent by Hurricane Andrew were re-planted at the park to advance this theme.
28.472889°,-81.470000°
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Shuangyu Island
Shuangyu Island, also known as Double Fish Island, is a man-made island under construction in Xiamen Bay, Southeast China. Its design, which depicts a pair of dolphins circling each other, calls for roughly 8.8 billion gallons (33.3 billion liters) of reclaimed land to create. The island is slightly more than one mile (1.68 km) in diameter with about 7 miles (11.4 km) of coastline. When finished, it will house a high-end ecological resort.
24.374639°,118.063139°
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Svalbard Satellite Station
Svalbard Satellite Station, also known as SvalSat, is a satellite ground station near Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Its position on the 78th parallel north makes it advantageous for communication with satellites in low polar orbits. SvalSat has 31 multi-mission and customer-dedicated antennas, serving clients like NASA, the European Space Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and others.
78.229772°,15.407786°
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Anak Krakatoa Eruption (Juxtapose)
Check out these amazing shots of the Anak Krakatoa caldera before and after its collapse in December 2018. The first Overview from January 2019 shows rust-colored sulfuric leftovers from the eruption in the surrounding water and the second, taken November 2017, shows smoke and lava flowing out of the caldera about a year before it collapsed. Anak Krakatoa is located in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra, Indonesia.
-6.102111°,105.414222°
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Tiki Island
Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, with a population of roughly 970 people. It is largely man made and was built in the 1960s, when developers dug canals and used the fill to elevate the land to between 4 and 10 feet about sea level. Street names on Tiki Island all follow a Polynesian theme, such as: Wahini Street, Lotus Drive, Coral Way and Coconut Street.
29.298889°,-94.914444°
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Sydney
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with upwards of 5.1 million residents. It is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions covering an area of 4,775 square miles (12,367 sq. km). This Overview shows the Sydney Harbour Bridge connecting city’s central business district (bottom) with the North Shore residential area (top).
-33.846976°,150.371525°
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Lyon, France
Lyon is the third largest city in France, 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.
45.757934°,4.764910°
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Oceandale Flower Nursery
A variety of flowers, grasses and other ornamental plants grow on a nursery in Oceanside, California, about 44 miles (70 km) north of San Diego. Plants grown at this facility are sold to landscape contractors, developers, municipalities and other buyers throughout the state.
33.261361°,-117.273111°
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Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is a wetland oasis in the Great Basin Desert of western Utah, USA. Covering nearly 18,000 acres (7,284 hectares), it is home to a variety of fish, migratory birds, deer, coyotes, pronghorn, cougars and other native species. Fish at the refuge are left over from the ancient Lake Bonneville, which receded 14,000 years ago.
39.858056°,-113.366944°
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Port Grimaud
Port Grimaud is a seaside town located on the French Riviera by the Gulf of Saint Tropez. The development consists of French “Fisherman” style houses built upon channels in a Venetian manner.
43.272222°,6.580278°
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Notre Dame Cathedral
On Monday, April 15, humanity lost timeless pieces of Gothic architecture when fire nearly destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The landmark, which took nearly two centuries to build, lost much of its 800-year-old roof and saw its 19th century spire collapse during the 15-hour blaze. Fortunately, its central structure is still intact, and French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to restore Notre Dame within five years. This aerial photograph shows Notre Dame before the fire, and we hope to bring you post-fire imagery soon.
48.858951°,2.277020°
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Winter Garden Driving Range
A large circular driving range is seen here at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Winter Garden, Florida. Including putting greens and a short-game practice area, the facility covers 42 acres (17 hectares). It is visited by many golf professionals every year; in fact, Tiger Woods once used the driving range to film a commercial with Nike.
28.444139°,-81.633694°
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is an autonomous territory — and former British colony — in southeastern China. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, it has become one of the world’s most significant financial centers and commercial ports. Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, most of which surround Victoria Harbor and are captured in this Overview.
22.118306°,113.999195°
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Springvale Botanical Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, and has been in operation since 1901. Originally called The Necropolis Springvale, it was renamed in 2006 to reflect its large gardens, which boast hundreds of varieties of roses, bunya-bunya pine trees, an a Red River Gum tree believed to be about 400 years old.
-37.946001°,145.175793°
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