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Anchorage, the state capitol of Alaska, is located on the upper reach of the Cook Inlet. To the west of the city is the large escarpment of the Chugach Mountains. Nearly half of the states population lives in Anchorage.
Some of the largest tides in the world are found in Bristol Bay. The region is also one of the most important salmon fishing locations in the world, where massive runs of sockeye are caught every year.
Wetlands buffer the Louisiana coast against storm surge from tropical storms but have been disappearing over previous decades, in part due to subsidence at the coastal margin
This landscape of dramatic contrast notably features linear, star and dome dunes as well as several arid granite massifs, some as high as 650 metres. The dunes emerge like islands from the sea of sand and harbour distinct and highly diverse plant and wildlife communities, including endemic freshwater fish species and the endemic Sonoran Pronghorn, which is only to be found in northwestern Sonora and in southwestern Arizona (USA).
The state of Hawaii, captured in infrared, is merged with bathymetric survey data showing depth to the ocean floor.
False color infrared image captures the huge variety in landscapes surrounding the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The small town of Barrow, Alaska lies on Alaska's North Slope within the Arctic Circle and is the northern most town in the United States.. The color infrared image shows the tundra vegetation as bright red, with numerous seasonally thawed lakes intermixed.
The dramatic landscape of South Florida and Everglades National Park, with Miami located along the eastern boundary.
This image captures several natural wonders found in California, including Mono Lake, the White Mountains, Mammoth, Yosemite Valley, and the Long Valley Caldera, a supervolcano which last errupted 760,000 years ago.
Natural color satellite image of Grand Bahama island in the Carribean, southeast of Florida. Much of the west side of the island is within Westside National Park. Nasseau is the smaller island located northeast of Grand Bahama.
Flathead Lake and the snow-capped Canadian Rockies near Glacier National Park. The lake is part of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a glacial-cut valley which extends to the Yukon.
Mag Bay is a large bay on the Pacific Coast of Baja Sur and is known as a stop over for the annual gray whale migration.
Leaf-off image of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania. The numerous folded belts were created by erosional processes over millions of years. The fertile valleys are extensively used for crop production.
Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California, is the lowest point in North America at 282' below sea level. Furnace Creek is among the hottest places on earth with a record reported high of 134 degrees F in 1913.
Natural color high resolution image of wetlands along the northern coast of Cuba.
The Colorado River Delta terminates into the Sea of Cortez in this false color infrared image. Since water diverssions began on the Colorado to support irrigation, much of the wetlands this region once supported have vanished.
The Baja Peninsula and Cabo San Lucas at "Lands End", nearly 800 miles from Mexicali and San Diego.
Lake Tahoe is located in the central Sierra Nevada Mountain Range within the states of California and Nevada and is the second deepest lake in the U.S. The Tahoe Basin was formed by normal faulting, a characteristic of the Basin and Range to the east. Carson City, the capital of Nevada, is located to the east of the lake.
The Salton Sea is the largest lake in California. It was created as an accident in the early 1900s as engineers were diverting water from the Colorado River. At the lake's deepest point it is 5 feet higher in elevation than Death Valley (230' below sea level).
Natural color high resolution image of wetlands along the northern coast of Cuba.
California's Central Valley is one of the most economically important agricultural regions in the world. Nearly 300 different crops are grown including a recent transition to high value commodities like almonds, and wine grapes. The region also faces intense urrbanization pressures in its numerous cities which run along the eastern side of the valley.
Intensive land use along the Florida and Georgia border with center pivot irrigation, pine plantations, urbanization, all situated around the Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area
Las Vegas, Nevada, depicted here in natural color, has been one of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States, and has a populaiton in excess of 2 million people in the greater urban area.
Natural color high resolution image of the greater Puget Sound area and Mount Ranier. The image shows the large urban expanse of the Seattle-Tacoma area, as well as the North Cascade Mountains.