20 Amazing Photos from Satellite

     The world looks different when viewed from above. During the flight, astronauts and cosmonauts have reported cognitive shift in consciousness when viewing the Earth from orbit or on the surface of the moon; This is known as the "Overview Effect". This experience inspired Benjamin Grant to start the Daily Overview, an online project that tries to "fully appreciate the beauty and complexity of the things we build, the complexity deviate from the system we have developed, or adverse effects that we have caused to our planet."

     Here are the pictures that will change your perspective on Earth.

1. Arc de Triomphe - Paris, France

48.8738°N 2.2950°E

     Arc de Triomphe is located in the center of the twelve meetings in Paris, France. Because many delays, construction of this monument spent nearly 30 years to complete.

2. Bondi Beach - Sydney, Australia

33°53'28"S 151°16'40"E

     Views of Bondi Beach, Sydney from above. One of the most popular destinations of the population Sidney, beach gets its name from the Aboriginal word "Bondi" which means the waves breaking on the rock.

3. Het Loo Palace - Apeldoorn, Netherlands

52.234167°N 5.945833°E

     Palace Het Loo is located in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. "The Great Garden," located behind residential, the following formula Baroque landscape design: perfect symmetry, axial layout with a gravel road, parterres with fountains, basin, and sculptures.

4. Stelvio Pass - Italy

46°31'43"N 10°27'10" E

     Stelvio Pass is a road in northern Italy which is the highest paved road in the Eastern Alps at an altitude of 2,757 meters above sea level. Only accessible in summer (June to September), it has 75 winding road.

5. Magdeburg Water Bridge - Germany

52°13'51"N 11°42'05" E

     Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany connects the Elbe-Havel Canal Mittelland Canal, across the Elbe River. It is a navigable water channel with a length of 918 meters which makes it the largest in the world. Construction costs of more than 500 million euros and it took 6 years to complete in 2003. The structure was built with 24,000 tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete.

6. Rice Terraces - Yuanyang, China

23°09'32"N 102°44'41"E

     Over the past 1300 years, the Hani people of Yuanyang County, China, has been cultivated terraces (rice terraces) is spectacular in the mountains.

7. Interchange Dubai - United Arab Emirates

25,055363303°, 55,248780015°

     A circular intersection that connects the three main roads with Miracle Garden, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When this junction construction began in 2006, Dubai has 30,000 industrial cranes - 25% of all cranes that exist on this planet.

8. Mount Taranaki - North Island, New Zealand

39°17'47"S 174°03'53"E

     Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, is an active stratovolcano on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Sharp vegetation changes seen between the national forest that surrounds the volcano and surrounding land consisting of pasture for livestock.

9. Olive Tree Plantation - Córdoba, Spain

37,263212022°, -4,552271206°

     Plantation of olive trees covering the hills of Córdoba, Spain. Approximately 90% of all the olive oil to be harvested, while 10% is eaten as a fruit.

10. Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, United States

37°49'11"N 122°28'43"W

     Bridge Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge along 2.7 km in San Francisco, California that passed over the Golden Gate Strait, the mile-wide channel of San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The color of the bridge, known as the "international orange", chosen to complement the natural surroundings and improve visibility in fog.

11. Coal Train Depot Norfolk - Virginia, USA

36,875248962°, -76,320259862°

     Train cars full of coal placed in Norfolk, Virginia. Operated by Norfolk Southern, Lamberts Point Pier 6 is the largest coal transport station in the northern hemisphere and can accommodate 23,000 coal hopper.

12. Port of Rotterdam - Netherlands

51.8850°N 4.2867°E

     The Port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe which covers 105 square kilometers.

13. Fishing Nets - Quanzhou, China

24.61815, 118.504629

     Fish nets are seen floating in the waters of Quanzhou, China.

14. Durrat al Bahrain - Bahrain

25°50'17"N 50°36'18"E

     Durrat Al Bahrain planned to consist of 15 interconnected artificial islands (including six atolls, five fish-shaped, and two crescent shaped). Estimated construction cost of $ 6 billion and the project is scheduled for completion in mid-2015.

15. Brasilia, Brazil

15°47'56"S 47°52'00"W

     Brasília was established as the new capital of Brazil on April 21, 1960. The urban plan City Plan Brasília (resembling air from above) developed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location.

16. Burning Man - Nevada, USA

40°47'13"N 119°12'16"W

     Burning Man is an annual festival which takes place during the week was held in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA. Followed more than 65,000 participants in 2014, the Festival has been described as a venue for community experiments, art and radical self-expression and without limit. The buildings in Black Rock City, while the camp, organized as a series of concentric roads with the "Statue Man" and his supporters in the center of the complex.

17. Ships in Singapore

1.264°N 103.840°E

     Cargo ships and tankers - some weighing up to 300,000 tons - waiting outside to enter the Port of Singapore. This port is the second busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage, sending one fifth of the world cargo containers and half of annual world supply of crude oil.

18. Deforestation of Amazon - Brazil

5°40'S 52°44'W

     Logging operation in the Amazon rainforest in Para, Brazil, looks branched out from one of the main roads of the country.

19. Field Tulip - Lisse, Netherlands

52,273961460°, 4,554789725°

20. Palmanova, Italy

45°54'19.45"N 13°18'35.92" E

     Palmanova, which is located in the northeast of Italy, famous for its concentric castle known as the fortress star. The rings that surround the city was completed in 1593, 1690, and 1813.

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