The landmarks of transportation we can see from space are primarily our hubs and intersections — the places where we momentarily come together before we head off in our separate directions. Here’s a selection of complex highway interchanges, taken from my first book “Overview: A New Perspective of Earth.”
📍TURBINE INTERCHANGE — Jacksonville, Florida
📍 WHIRLPOOL INTERCHANGE — Dubai, UAE
📍 SPAGHETTI JUNCTION — Madrid, Spain
📍 STACKED INTERCHANGE — Los Angeles, California
Source imagery: Maxar
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The Dead Sea, which straddles the border between Israel and Jordan, has changed shape over the years. Its surface area has dropped from 410 square miles in 1930 to 234 square miles today (1,050-605 square km), causing it to split into two basins in 1979. Since then, its southern basin has been partitioned into a series of saltwater evaporation pans.
31.500000, 35.500000
Source imagery: Google Timelapse
Like many braided river systems, the main channels of the Waimakariri River frequently change within the primary riverbed, especially during periods of high flow rates. The Waimakariri extends 94 miles (151 km) across the South Island of New Zealand, beginning in the Southern Alps and emptying into the Pacific Ocean. Waimakariri comes from the Māori words “wai,” meaning water, and “makariri,” meaning cold.
-43.417361°, 172.640000°
Source imagery: Maxar
Mines are some of the most visible human-made landmarks that can be seen from space. Digging and stripping the Earth leaves scars and colors rarely seen elsewhere. A selection of these areas, taken from my first book “Overview: A New Perspective of Earth”, is visible here:
- ARLIT URANIUM MINE — Niger
- MIR MINE — Russia
- TAGEBAU HAMBACH MINE — Germany
- CHUQUICAMATA COPPER MINE — Chile
- AURORA PHOSPHATE MINE — USA
Source imagery: Maxar
Every spring, billions of tulips bloom in the Netherlands, blanketing tens of thousands of acres in color. The Dutch produce more than 4 billion tulip bulbs each year, most of which are grown for sale as cut flowers. This video shows blooms around Noordwijkerhout — about 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Amsterdam — each spring from 2016 to 2024.
52.267211°, 4.520435°
Source: Landsat
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.
31.583333°, 130.650000
Source imagery: 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. The final graphic is a Timelapse showing Monterrey’s growth since the 1980s.
25.666667°, -100.300000°
Source imagery: Maxar
After an unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, along with crewmates Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, safely returned to Earth yesterday. Their SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida just before 6pm EST. In a delightful turn of events, a pod of dolphins surrounded the capsule shortly after splashdown, as captured in this drone footage released by NASA.
Many people call Qantas QF28 the loneliest plane on earth due to its unique flight path. This animation shows it crossing the Southern Ocean from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia - the flight has a distance of 7,012 miles (11,353 km) and an average flight time of 14 hours and 30 minutes. On average, the round-trip journey costs about $1,500 USD.
🎥: @water_sound_aviation