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A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Altai Mountains contains the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia. The region is home to the globally endangered snow leopard.
Where east meets west, Istanbul is the capital of Turkey with a metropolitan area supporting more than 14 million people, the largest urban area in Europe, as well as the largest in the Middle East. Formerly named Constantinople and once the capital of the Roman Empire, the city was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity.
The cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates located on the shore of the Persian Gulf are depicted here in false color infrared. Several recent new "coastal developments" in Dubai can be seen, including the "World Map".
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is the worlds second largest metropolitcan area with over 25 million residents.
Tianjin s a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in northern China.
Natural color mosaic of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. The Tokyo greater metropolitan area is the most populated in the world with more than 13 million people with population density is 16,000 people per square mile. Mt. Fuji is located in the southwest corner of the iamge.