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Chimalhuacán
19.435063°,-98.968517° - Maxar Technologies
Chimalhuacán is a city with more than 600,000 residents in the eastern part of the State of Mexico, Mexico. The colorful stretch of road seen across the bottom of this Overview is a open-air market known as a tianguis. Here, merchants cover their stalls with vibrant canopies to protect themselves from harsh sun and inclement weather.
Clear Island Waters
-28.044500°,153.397611° - Nearmap
Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Built around artificial canals, it is a residential community that is home to roughly 4,000 people. Clear Island Waters is just a few miles west of Mermaid Beach, one of many beaches along the Gold Coast's 43-mile coastline.
Jebel Kissu
21.571389°,25.132778° - United States Geological Survey
Jebel Kissu is a massif (a compact group of mountains) located in northwestern Sudan. It rises roughly 5,630 feet (1,716 m) above sea level, emerging abruptly like an island in the vast Sahara Desert. The bright linear features seen here are truck tracks — common in the Sahara where there are no paved roads.
Qinghai Lake
37.000945°,99.892228° - Maxar Technologies
The shores of Qinghai Lake in China are captured in this Overview. The lake is the largest in the country, covering 1,667 square miles (4317 square km), which is nearly one and a half times the size of the state of Rhode Island.
Jodhpur
26.297840°,73.018420° - Maxar Technologies
Jodhpur, India, is home to more than one million residents, making it the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan. Jodhpur is often referred to as the “Blue City” due to the vivid, painted houses that can be seen throughout its urban area.
Camps Bay Beach
-33.950000°,18.383333° - Maxar Technologies
Waves break on the rocks by Camps Bay Beach — a beautiful white-sand beach in Camps Bay, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. In the summer, many South Africans and tourists flock to this beautiful area of the city.
Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums
39.051389°,-94.480556° - Maxar Technologies
Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums in Kansas City, Missouri, are home to the Kansas City Chiefs (American football) and Kansas City Royals (baseball), respectively. Together, the two stadiums make up the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex and have a combined seating capacity of more than 114,000.
Carrara Marble
44.100989°,10.131797° - Maxar Technologies
Marble quarriers are visible in Carrara, Italy. The blue-grey marble that is extracted here is widely used in sculpture like Michelangelo’s David and in building decor like that of The Pantheon. With more than 650 active or abandoned quarry sites, more marble has been extracted here than any other place on earth. /// Created by @dailyoverview, source imagery: @maxartechnologies
Polk Power Plant
27.722905°,-81.989787° - Maxar Technologies
The TECO Polk Power Station occupies 2,837 acres (1,148 hectares) in Bradley Junction, Polk County, Florida. This integrated coal gasification combined-cycle power plant produces roughly 1,400 megawatts of electricity — enough to serve 75,000 homes in the greater Tampa area. This Overview shows the facility surrounded by reclaimed water, which it cleans and uses in the process of generating electricity.
Brick Kilns
23.767575°,90.318299° - Maxar Technologies
Kilns for firing and making bricks are scattered across the landscape in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Almost all bricks in the country are made using a 150-year-old process where soil is mixed with water, formed into bricks using wooden molds, left to dry in the sun, and then burned in these orange, traditional kilns. As the widespread use of old kilns has hampered air quality in the country, local groups and the government have been working to increase the use of "clean" brick kilns with more sustainable technology.
Zion's Hill
17.643056°,-63.226944° - Maxar Technologies
Zion’s Hill, also known by its former name Hell’s Gate, is a town on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. It is the first town one reaches after leaving Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, which has the shortest commercial runway in the world at 1,312 feet (400 m) long. With a land area of just 5 square miles (13 square km) and about 2,000 inhabitants, Saba is the smallest territory by permanent population in the Americas.
Las Coloradas
21.608056°,-87.983889° - Maxar Technologies
Huge sea salt evaporation ponds add color to the landscape of Las Coloradas, a community in Yucatán, Mexico. These ponds are part of an area that refines about 750,000 tons of sodium each year and produces six different types of table salt. The brilliant color of the water comes from salt-loving microorganisms, which serve as a source of food — and a source of pigment — for a thriving population of flamingos.
Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa
63.881121°,-22.450751° - Maxar Technologies
The Blue Lagoon is a man-made geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland, located near the fishing town of Grindavík. The water, which comes from the nearby Svartsengi geothermal power station, gets its milky blue shade from its high silica content. Just 12 miles (20 km) from Keflavík International Airport, the Blue Lagoon is a frequent pre- or post-flight pit stop for travelers and is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.
Oil Field Service Ships
5.263871°,115.257724° - Maxar Technologies
Oil field service ships anchor offshore of Labuan, a territory of Malaysia that is located off the coast of Borneo. In addition to being an offshore financial center, Labuan is a support hub for deepwater oil and gas activities in the region. The economy of Labuan is heavily dependent on its fossil fuel resources, which account for 65% of its exports.
Copenhagen Kastellet
55.691417°,12.595528° - Maxar Technologies
Kastellet — or “The Citadel” in English — is a star fortress located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in October 1664 as part of a continuous ring of star forts surrounding the city, and it remains one of the best preserved ramparts of its kind in Northern Europe. Kastellet still houses some Danish military operations today, though it primarily serves as a public park and historic site.
Minsk, Belarus
53.900000°,27.566667° - Maxar Technologies
Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač River. Home to just under 2 million people, it is a modern city characterized by monumental Stalinist architecture — grand buildings, broad avenues and wide squares. In recent years, Minsk has been continuously decentralizing and more development is planned for several areas outside the city centre.
Seattle Spiders
47.621500°,-122.350861° - Nearmap
Don't worry — even though they look real, these giant spiders are just 3-D paintings on the roof of the Seattle Center Armory in Seattle, Washington. Muralist Marlin Peterson painted these two Opiliones, or "Harvestmen" arachnids in August 2012 through a grant from the Washington State Artist Trust. Situated just under the iconic Space Needle observation tower, the mural is viewed from above by nearly 1.3 million visitors per year.
Palm Tree Plantation
3.187112°,101.498676° - Maxar Technologies
Palm tree plantations surround the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Oil-producing palm trees were introduced to the country in the 1970s in order to diversify the local agriculture, which was heavily reliant on the rubber tree at the time. The trees are cultivated in terraces, cut into the contours of hills, to avoid erosion caused by streaming water. Malaysia is now one of the world's largest suppliers of palm oil, exporting nearly 18 million tonnes per year.
Chilean Protests
-33.437000°,-70.634411° - Maria Gracia Subercaseaux
On Friday, more than a million people gathered at a peaceful protest in Santiago, Chile, calling for social reform. Originally sparked by an increase in metro fares, the movement has grown over the past several days to address broader issues of living costs and inequality. More than 20 people have been killed since the protests began, and today Chilean President Sebastián Piñera removed eight members of his cabinet in an attempt to quell protests.
Subang Jaya
3.045338°,101.585428° - Maxar Technologies
Subang Jaya is a municipality in the Greater Kuala Lumpur Petaling District of Malaysia. Before it was turned into a residential community in 1974, this area housed a rubber plantation for a major Malaysian conglomerate. It was granted municipal status in 1997 and has since grown rapidly into a global city and regional education hub.
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