The city has a commanding view of the fertile and well-vegetated river basin and plain.
Published May 15, 2017
A saddle-shaped mountain distinguishes a region that carries a heavy economic load for Mexico.
Published May 10, 2017
A nearly uninterrupted string of lights stretches from Philadelphia to Hartford.
Published May 1, 2017
The landscape near the southern Murray River contrasts fertile farmland with dry lakes.
Published Apr 24, 2017
There is nothing rotten about this view of the Scandinavian nation that thrives amidst cold northern waters.
Published Apr 17, 2017
Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”
Published Apr 10, 2017
Standing beside floodplains and wetlands, the highlands are packed with farms.
Published Apr 3, 2017
Winter traces white and blue across the high country.
Published Mar 27, 2017
Much of the land surface is covered by salt evaporation ponds and a saline lake known as Town Pond, around which the capital—Cockburn Town—developed.
Published Mar 20, 2017
Shelterbelts, or wind breaks, are used to protect and preserve farmland in southern Russian.
Published Mar 13, 2017
Millennia of human development stand alongside mainland Europe’s only active volcano.
Published Mar 6, 2017
The International Space Station got a view of the overflowing dam.
Published Mar 3, 2017
The usually dry, inland lake in Australia came alive with color after flood waters arrived in the late summer of 2017.
Published Feb 27, 2017
Salt and algae lend color to the bed of this desert lake in Iran.
Published Feb 20, 2017
Ancient monasteries and settlements dot these islands in the middle of Ethiopia’s largest lake.
Published Feb 13, 2017
Australia’s second-largest city has an historic past.
Published Feb 6, 2017
Astronauts on the Space Station had a glowing view of their professional home, as well as the site of Super Bowl 51.
Published Feb 4, 2017
Lands along the Priest River show a human hand at work.
Published Jan 30, 2017
One of the largest reservoirs in the United States stands alongside one of the largest national monuments.
Published Jan 23, 2017
This lagoon along the Brazil-Uruguay border formed when sea level was much higher, and has since evolved from a marine to freshwater lake.
Published Jan 16, 2017
An astronaut photographed the interplay of light and wind on South America’s largest lake.
Published Jan 9, 2017
Different farming patterns mark various attempts to grow crops on the dry North African landscape.
Published Jan 2, 2017
Salt and wind have painted a colorful, swirling landscape in the highlands of central Chile.
Published Dec 26, 2016
This ancient rock is one of Australia’s major tourist attractions and a sacred place for indigenous people.
Published Dec 19, 2016
Situated on the Idaho-Utah border, it is one of the bigger lakes in the Rocky Mountains.
Published Dec 11, 2016
Hundreds of lakes and ponds dot this inland delta in Argentina.
Published Dec 5, 2016
Thin layers of lighter and darker blues reveal the many layers of the atmosphere.
Published Nov 28, 2016
These white mounds are the world’s largest gypsum dune field, centerpiece of the White Sands National Monument.
Published Nov 27, 2016
Dunes grow upon dunes at one of the most visually spectacular places on Earth, at least from an astronaut’s perspective.
Published Nov 21, 2016
