AERIAL PHOTOS
Added on: 8th Dec 2014
DUBAI MARINA AND JUMERIAH LAKES TOWERS,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The Dubai Marina is an artificial canal city carved along a 2 mile
stretch of the Persian Gulf shoreline.
FREEWAYS IN LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
Serving over 22 million people, Los Angeles’s traffic infrastructure
has had trouble keeping up with its rapid population growth.
FAVELAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Favela is the term used to describe a shanty town in Brazil.
A good percentage of the country’s population live in these
substandard conditions, many times on hillsides just outside of
major cities like Rio de Janeiro.
AMERICAN CEMETERY NORTH OF VERDUN, FRANCE
The city in north eastern France was the site of the one of the
bloodiest battles in World War I and today war cemeteries like this one
are not uncommon.
RANO KAU VOLCANO IN RAPA NUI NATIONAL PARK,
EASTER ISLAND
Rano Kau is an extinct volcano that rises out of the south western
part of Easter Island. It is almost a mile across and actually has its own
self-contained climate as a result of its inner walls being sheltered
from the winds that sweep most of the island.
A WORKER RESTING ON BALES OF COTTON, IVORY COAST
With over 90,000 cotton farmers making their living in this small
African country, the Sub Saharan region accounts for roughly 8%
of the cotton on world market.
VILLAGE IN THE RHERIS VALLEY OF THE HIGH ATLAS
MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO
The Atlas Mountains stretch almost 2,500 miles across north western
African and separate the Mediterranean coastline from the Sahara desert.
Although not many people live in this environment every now and then
you will find a small crowded village like this one.
ICEBREAKER, LOUIS SAINT LAURENT IN
RESOLUTE BAY, CANADA
In order for a ship to be considered an icebreaker it must possess
three qualities: a strengthened hull, an ice clearing shape, and the
ability to push through ice covered water. Most ships operating this
far north will fall into this category.
PALM JUMEIRAH ARTIFICIAL ISLAND IN DUBAI,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Created using land reclamation, this island is one of the three
that are known together as the palm islands. In total they manage
to increase Dubai’s coastline by over 300 miles.
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