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Super Pit Tailings Pond
-30.797726°,121.563870° - Nearmap
A rectangular tailings pond changes appearance as waste is pumped in from the nearby Fimiston Open Pit gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Covering about 0.82 square miles (2.1 sq km), this pond is five times the size of the Vatican City and holds millions of tons of tailings — rocks and chemicals left over after gold is extracted. Fimiston, also called “Super Pit,” is the sixth-deepest open-pit mine in the world, at 1,968 feet (600 m).
Adriatic Tankers
45.315253°,12.071250° - Maxar Technologies
Massive oil tankers are dwarfed by the Adriatic Sea just outside the Port of Venice, Italy. Last year, 26.4 million tons of freight passed through the port — an increase of more than 1 million tons from 2017. Of this, at least 7.7 million tons was refined petroleum products, and much of the rest was dry bulk goods and containerized cargo.
Anak Krakatoa Eruption
-6.102111°,105.414222° - Maxar Technologies
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.
Deir ez-Zor
35.333333°,40.150000° - Maxar
This Overview shows Deir ez-Zor, the largest city in eastern Syria, before (2012) and during (2018) the Syrian Civil War. Extended periods of drought in the late 2000s and early 2010s forced Syrian farmers and others dependent on the agriculture industry into cities like Deir ez-Zor, exacerbating existing political unrest. This tension is believed to be a major factor in setting off the Syrian Civil War, the ultimate cause of the world’s largest refugee crisis, with over 5 million refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, Africa, and Europe to escape the conflict.
Park Avenue 432
40.761667°,-73.971944° - Benjamin Grant
This shot of 432 Park Avenue in New York City was captured from a helicopter by our founder Benjamin Grant. At a height of 1,396 feet (426 m), the building contains 104 condominium apartments and is one of the tallest and wealthiest residential buildings in the world. Recent reports of plumbing, mechanical, and noise issues at the luxury condo tower — likely related to its excessive height — highlight a broader issue with super-tall residential towers, which have been sprouting up worldwide in recent years.
Forty Mile Russian Convoy
50.921294°,29.898736° - Maxar
This Overview shows a small section of the Russian military convoy that stretches for nearly 40 miles (64 km) north of Kyiv, Ukraine. In imagery captured yesterday, the convoy extended from Antonov Airport in Hostomel to the village of Prybirs'k. As the war continues into its sixth day, deadly shelling has occurred in Kharkiv (Ukraine’s second largest city), explosions have intensified in Kyiv, and the first attempt at cease-fire talks between the two countries stalled.
Tenth of Ramadan
30.306503°,31.741455° - Planet
10th of Ramadan is a master-planned community in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1977 and developed heavily over the last few decades, the city is now home to about half a million people. More than $2.5 Million USD (47 million Egyptian pounds) has been spent to develop agriculture that surrounds the city and supports its growing population.
Monaco F1
43.738418°,7.424616° - Planet
The streets of Monte Carlo come alive today as the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix unfolds along one of the most iconic circuits in Formula 1. Winding through the harbor, past luxury yachts, and beneath historic architecture, this race has been a crown jewel of the sport since 1929. With overtaking nearly impossible, every qualifying lap, pit stop, and millisecond matters.
Lake Powell
37.068262°,-111.243311° - Maxar
Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. Second in size only to Lake Mead, it can store up to 7.9 trillion gallons (29.9 trillion liters) of water when full. That’s almost 12 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Jacksonville Turbine Interchange
30.253056°,-81.516194° - Maxar
A turbine interchange connects the SR 9A and SR 202 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Also known as a whirlpool or turbine interchange, this structure consists of left-turning ramps sweeping around a center interchange, thereby creating a spiral pattern of right-hand traffic. This type of junction is rarely built, due to the vast amount land that is required to construct the sweeping roads.
Monterrey, Mexico
25.665820°,-100.299560° - Maxar
Monterrey is one of the largest and fastest-growing cities in Mexico, with more than 5.3 million residents. Its population has more than doubled in the last 40 years, causing the city to sprawl alongside and outward from the rugged, folding mountain ranges of adjacent Cumbres de Monterrey National Park.
Sakurajima Volcano
31.579415°,130.659530° - Maxar
Sakurajima, an active stratovolcano in Kyushu, Japan, was once an island until lava flows from its massive 1914 eruption connected it to the Osumi Peninsula (seen at left in this Overview). Since 1955, it has been in a near-constant state of eruption, producing thousands of small explosions each year. Just 8 km (5 mi) away, the city of Kagoshima—home to more than 600,000 people—is one of the largest urban centers in such close proximity to an active volcano.
Genoa
44.407855°,8.919063° - Maxar
Genoa, Italy, is a bustling maritime city of over 580,000 inhabitants on the Mediterranean Sea. Its intricate urban layout, built on hills and a rugged coastline, blends medieval alleyways, Renaissance palaces and modern architecture. The Port of Genoa has been one of the busiest and most significant Mediterranean seaports for hundreds of years.
Sea-Tac Airport
47.448889°,-122.309444° - Nearmap
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, also known as Sea–Tac, is the primary commercial airport serving the metropolitan area of Seattle, Washington. It is one of the busiest airports in the U.S. and in 2024 served an all-time record 52.6 million passengers. This Overview shows the airport’s central terminal, which contains most of its 103 gates.
Mount Fuji from Space
35.362457°,138.730426° - NASA
Mount Fuji, Japan, as seen from the International Space Station. An active stratovolcano and the tallest peak in Japan at 12,389 feet (3,776 m), Fuji has an extremely symmetrical cone that is snow‑capped for several months of the year. During warmer months, climbing routes make it possible for hundreds of thousands of people to hike the summit each year.
Edmonton
53.534444°,-113.490278° - Planet
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It straddles the North Saskatchewan River and serves as a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects in the northern part of the province, as well as large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories. Edmonton is home to about 1.5 million people — the northernmost city on the continent with a population over one million.
Akimiski Island
53.000000°,-81.333333° - Maxar
Akimiski Island is the largest island in James Bay (a southeasterly extension of Hudson Bay), Canada. Most of the vegetation covering the island consists of lichen, moss, sedges and black dwarf spruce, giving it a vibrant color scheme from the aerial perspective. The island has no year-round human inhabitants; however, it is home to the 1,300-square-mile (3,367-sq-km) Akimiski Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
Aden
12.800000°,45.033333° - Airbus Space
Aden is one of the most populous cities in Yemen, with more than 1 million residents. Its natural harbor lies in the crater of a dormant volcano, which now forms a peninsula joined to the mainland by a low isthmus. The city is situated on the eponymous Gulf of Aden, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea.
Krenitsyna Volcano
50.177184°,155.403244° - NASA
The peak of Krenitsyna Volcano rises as an island within an island in Russia's Far East. It is located on Onekotan Island in the northwest Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Kol'tsevoye Lake, a 4.6-mile-wide (7.5-km) caldera lake. Onekotan is part of the Kuril Islands, a volcanic archipelago and segment of the “Ring of Fire” — a path of tectonic activity that circles the Pacific Ocean.
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