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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.
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.
The Nile River Delta is one of the most expansive river deltas in the world. Cairo, Egypt marks the beginning of the fan shapped delta which spreads out into a lush agricultural region.
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 high resolution aerial photograph of Gig Harbor, Washington. Gig Harbor is loacted on the Puget Sound west of Tacoma.
Natural color high resolution image of wetlands along the northern coast of Cuba.
This natural color image shows a small portion of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The image highlites the swirling sediment paterns which emerge from currents as they pass through the area and collide with sediments flowing from land.
The Baja Peninsula and Cabo San Lucas at "Lands End", nearly 800 miles from Mexicali and San Diego.
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".
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.
The state of Hawaii, captured in infrared, is merged with bathymetric survey data showing depth to the ocean floor.
Otherwise known as the Straight of Gibralter, separates Gibralter, Spain and Tangier, Morocco through a narrow passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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
The Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area is the second most populous metropolitan area in Brazil, the sixth most populous in the Americas and the eighteenth largest in the world. Nearly 6.5 million people live in the region. The city will play host to the 2016 Olympic Games.
Surrounding one of the largest natural harbors in the world, Sydney is the largest city in Australia and Oceana with more than 4 million residents. The city extends to the west until it reaches the Blue Mountains.
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.
The second largest urban area in South America, Buenos Aries is the capitol city of Argentina and home to approximatly 3 million people.
The dramatic landscape of South Florida and Everglades National Park, with Miami located along the eastern boundary.
Rome is the capital and largest city in Italy and fourth largest city in the E.U. at nearly 4 million people in thegreat metropolitan area. Vatican city is an independent country within the city boundary.
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.
Natural color high resolution satellite image of Isla Isabela, Isla Fernandina, and Isla Santiago, all part of the Galapagos Island Chain.
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.
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).
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is the worlds second largest metropolitcan area with over 25 million residents.
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.
Natural color high resolution image of wetlands along the northern coast of Cuba.