Image of the Day Land Life
Flood water continues receding from Thailand’s historic city of Ayutthaya in December 2011 and January 2012.
Floods
Planned at the end of the sixteenth century and built during the seventeenth, Amsterdam has inspired generations of city planners.
Image of the Day Land Human Presence
Acquired in late October and mid-November 2011, these images document the slow withdrawal of flooding from the historic city of Ayutthaya, Thailand.
Land Floods
There were few Indian rulers as passionate about architecture as Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur.
Image of the Day Human Presence
A key city on the old Silk Road stands midway between Western Europe and China.
Québec City is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas, and the one that still feels closest to its roots.
Image of the Day Land Life Human Presence
Image of the Day Land Life Floods
Buenos Aires is one of the larger cities seen by orbiting crews. Twelve million people, almost one third of all Argentines, live in this city, often called the “Paris of the South”.