Portal:Geography/Featured picture archive/2006

Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. It is situated at the south end of the glacier Vatnajökull between the Skaftafell National Park and Höfn. Appearing first only in 1934-1935, the lake grew from 7.9 km² in 1975 to over 18 km² due to heavy melting of the Icelandic glaciers. Jökulsárlón is now the second deepest lake in Iceland with nearly 200 m in depth. To the right, the mouth of the glacier Vatnajökull can also be seen.

Photo credit: Kenny Muir

Cabo da Roca, Portugal, the westernmost point of mainland Europe.

Photo credit: Pauldavidgill

The Lena River delta has a size of about 45,000 km².

Photo credit: NASA, Landsat 7, February 27, 2000

World map: Kyoto Protocol participation (2005).

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A sand dune in Namibia.

Photo credit: DDD DDD, 2003

Vegetation map of Peru.

Image credit: by Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved from lib.utexas.edu

Ocean surface wave.

Photo credit: PDphoto.org

Delicate Arch, located at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, United States is a natural arch.

Photo credit: U.S. National Park Service

Annual mean sea surface salinity (in Practical Salinity Units) plotted here using a Mollweide projection.

Image credit: Plumbago

Coastal salt marsh (Bride Brook Salt Marsh) in East Lyme, Connecticut.

Photo credit: by Alex756, July 2003

An arcuate river delta has formed on the south-west coastline of Greenland, near Narsarsuaq.

Photo credit: Codrington, Stephen. Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) Chapter 8

Speleothems in Hall of the Mountain Kings, Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, South Wales.

Photo credit: Rls.

90 mile beach in Australia.

Photo credit: Fir0002.

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point.

Photo credit: Moondigger.

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as seen from the lookout point.

Photo credit: Moondigger.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.cr

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.cr

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

A barn at the Grand Teton National Park. The United States National Park, named after Grand Teton of the Teton Range, is located in western Wyoming, south of Yellowstone. The park is located in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet.

Photo credit: Jon Sullivan

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

Morning mist on Lake Mapourika, which is located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, about five kilometres north of Franz Josef Glacier.

Image credit: Richard Palmer.

Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon.

Image credit: Manfred Werner.

Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon.

Image credit: Manfred Werner.

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Lipa Noi Beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, shortly after sunset. The islands of the Ang Thong Marine National Park (Mu Koh Angthong) are visible at the horizon. Image credit: Manfred Werner.

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Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas. Healthy, growing crops are green. corn would be growing into leafy stalks by late June (when this photo was taken). Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or lie fallow for the year. The circular crop fields are a characteristic of center pivot irrigation. The fields shown here are 800 and 1,600 meters (0.5 and 1 mile) in diameter. The image is centered near 37.4 degrees north latitude, 100.9 degrees west longitude, and covers an area of 37.2 x 38.8 km. The 'grid' in which the fields are laid out runs North-South/West-East and the dark angled line is U.S. Route 56. Image credit: NASA.

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Termini of the glaciers in the Bhutan-Himalaya. Glacial lakes have been rapidly forming on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers in this region during the last few decades. USGS researchers have found a strong correlation between increasing temperatures and glacial retreat in this region. Image credit: NASA.

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Cerro de la Silla, a mountain in Monterrey, Mexico.

Photo credit: Nathaniel C. Sheetz.

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This map shows the world as was known to Han Dynasty China in 2 CE. The shaded areas show the extent of Han civilisation. I've based this on the existence of settlements under direct Han political authority or military control according to Tan Qixiang (ed.), Zhongguo lishi ditu (中国历史地图集; 1982).

Map credit: Yeu Ninje.

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Winter storm at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Photo credit: National Park Service.

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Hanko, Finland. Panoramic photo shot from the water tower.

Photo credit: J-E Nyström.

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Sahara desert seen from satellite.

Image credit: NASA's Visible Earth project.

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Lauterbrunnen valley during winter, Interlaken (district) of the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Photo credit: Keith Halstead (February 2005).

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Manila is the capital of the Philippines, and the second most populous city proper in the Philippines, with more than 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on Luzon, the country's largest island.

Map credit: Seav

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A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. Tropical rainforests arise due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone, but temperate rainforests also exist. As well as prodigious rainfall, many rainforests are characterized by a high number of resident species and tremendous biodiversity.

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to secure public funding.

Photo credit: Fir0002

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Machu Picchu is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge, at an elevation of about 2,350 m (7,710 ft). Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Geographic coordinates: 13°09′47″S, 72°32′44″W.

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