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Overview: A New Perspective of Earth
A stunning and unique collection of satellite images of Earth that offer an unexpected look at humanity, derived from the wildly popular Daily Overview Instagram account.
Inspired by the 'Overview Effect' - a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole - the breathtaking, high-definition satellite photographs in OVERVIEW offer a new way to look at the landscape that we have shaped. More than 200 images of industry, agriculture, architecture, and nature highlight incredible patterns while also revealing a deeper story about human impact. This extraordinary photographic journey around our planet captures the sense of wonder gained from a new, aerial vantage point and creates a perspective of Earth as it has never been seen before.
Inspired by the 'Overview Effect' - a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole - the breathtaking, high-definition satellite photographs in OVERVIEW offer a new way to look at the landscape that we have shaped. More than 200 images of industry, agriculture, architecture, and nature highlight incredible patterns while also revealing a deeper story about human impact. This extraordinary photographic journey around our planet captures the sense of wonder gained from a new, aerial vantage point and creates a perspective of Earth as it has never been seen before.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published October 25, 2016
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About the author
Benjamin Grant
5 books16 followersBenjamin Grant is the founder of Overview. His books take their original inspiration from Daily Overview (@dailyoverview) -- an Instagram account he launched in December 2013. With each post and story, he aims to not only inspire a fresh perspective of our planet but also how human activity changes the Earth. Benjamin's first book - "Overview: A New Perspective of Earth" - was selected as one of the Best Books of 2016 by Amazon, The Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times. It has been translated into nine languages so far. Grant graduated from Yale University where he studied world history, art history, and rowed on the heavyweight crew team. He lives and rides his bike in San Francisco.
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September 7, 2025
Okay — so now it's a tie between this book and The Great Wall of China: Photographs by Chen Changfen for my "favorite book of the year so far" award!
This collection of jaw-dropping (and occasionally heartbreaking*) satellite photos is presented in sections such as "Where We Live," "Where We Extract," "Where We Move," "Where We Design" and a final "Where We Are Not" that presents a by-then-welcome selection of photos where humans have yet to alter the Earth. Brief-ish captions provide interesting commentary on all shots, as well as GPS coordinates for those who want to see how things have changed in the past decade.
Equal parts photography, science, engineering and fine art book, this is correspondingly both gorgeous and fascinating. I've added a few photos from the internet, but mainly as encouragement for you to go buy your own copy — you will NOT regret it.
(Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine, Western Australia; Chuquicamata Copper Mine, Chile)
(Planned communities; Boca Raton, Florida)
(Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant; Seville, Spain)
(Amazon rainforest deforestation in Bolivia)
(Dendritic drainage systems around Musa Bay, Iran)
(Coal terminal; Port of Qinhuangdao, China)
(Tulip fields; the Netherlands)
(Dallas Fort Worth International Airport)
(Empty Quarter desert; Saudi Arabia)
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* Heartbreaking in that like several other recent reads on our oceans, rainforests and general woodlands that were all written between 10-20 years ago, this book also notes that "this is where we are now; but things are getting worse and will only continue to do so, unless we do something"…and of course, over that same past decade, things have only gotten demonstrably (and perhaps irrevocably?) worse, thanks to over-fishing, rampart deforestation, climate change, and pretty much every insane "windmills are killing people" decision made by Donald #@$!ing Trump.
Also, specific photos are also particularly soul-crushing; most of them in the "How We Waste" and "How We Extract" sections, but also shots of ever-expanding Somali (below) and Syrian refugee camps...
…as well as this single view of downtown Delhi's endless and ironically-named Santosh Park slum, home to India's "poorest of the poor."
This collection of jaw-dropping (and occasionally heartbreaking*) satellite photos is presented in sections such as "Where We Live," "Where We Extract," "Where We Move," "Where We Design" and a final "Where We Are Not" that presents a by-then-welcome selection of photos where humans have yet to alter the Earth. Brief-ish captions provide interesting commentary on all shots, as well as GPS coordinates for those who want to see how things have changed in the past decade.
Equal parts photography, science, engineering and fine art book, this is correspondingly both gorgeous and fascinating. I've added a few photos from the internet, but mainly as encouragement for you to go buy your own copy — you will NOT regret it.
(Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine, Western Australia; Chuquicamata Copper Mine, Chile)
(Planned communities; Boca Raton, Florida)
(Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant; Seville, Spain)
(Amazon rainforest deforestation in Bolivia)
(Dendritic drainage systems around Musa Bay, Iran)
(Coal terminal; Port of Qinhuangdao, China)
(Tulip fields; the Netherlands)
(Dallas Fort Worth International Airport)
(Empty Quarter desert; Saudi Arabia)
______________________________________________
* Heartbreaking in that like several other recent reads on our oceans, rainforests and general woodlands that were all written between 10-20 years ago, this book also notes that "this is where we are now; but things are getting worse and will only continue to do so, unless we do something"…and of course, over that same past decade, things have only gotten demonstrably (and perhaps irrevocably?) worse, thanks to over-fishing, rampart deforestation, climate change, and pretty much every insane "windmills are killing people" decision made by Donald #@$!ing Trump.
Also, specific photos are also particularly soul-crushing; most of them in the "How We Waste" and "How We Extract" sections, but also shots of ever-expanding Somali (below) and Syrian refugee camps...
…as well as this single view of downtown Delhi's endless and ironically-named Santosh Park slum, home to India's "poorest of the poor."
July 29, 2020
there's no good way to review what is, essentially, an adult picture book (which is a good thing, imo!), so in lieu of critical analysis or whatever, here are a few of my favorite overviews:
TULIPS
52.276355°, 4.557080°
Every year, tulip fields in Lisse, Netherlands, begin to bloom in March and are in peak bloom by late April. The Dutch produce a total of 4.3 billion tulip bulbs each year, of which 53 percent (2.3 billion) is grown into cut flowers. Of these, 1.3 billion are sold in the Netherlands as cut flowers and the remainder is exported: 630 million bulbs to Europe and 370 million elsewhere.
CRESCENT DUNES SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT
38.238992°, −117.363770°
Seen here during its construction, the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project near Tonopah, Nevada, USA, now powers approximately 75,000 homes during peak electricity periods. The facility uses 17,500 heliostat mirrors to collect and focus the sun’s thermal energy in order to heat molten salt flowing through a 525-foot-tall (160-meter) solar power tower at its center. The molten salt then flows from the tower down to a storage tank, where it is used to produce steam and generate electricity. For a sense of scale, see the lower left corner, which shows a commercial airplane flying over the complex.
JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK BRIDGE
−15.822856°, −47.830000°
The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge is a steel and concrete bridge that crosses Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil. The main span has four supporting pillars submerged underwater, while the deck weight is supported by three, 200-foot-tall (61-meter) asymmetrical steel arches that crisscross diagonally over the structure.
ORDOS GHOST CITY
39.599654°, 109.780476°
Ordos, China, is considered by many accounts to be the largest ghost city in the world. In the last decade, construction projects increased the housing and population capacity of the city to more than 1 million people. However, reports as of 2016 suggest that only 2 percent of the new buildings have been occupied and many of the city’s other construction projects have been abandoned. The Kangbashi New Area, seen here, contains many of the city’s new, modern-designed cultural attractions, but noticeably, very few cars.
GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING
44.524974°, −110.839339°
At the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA, visitors can get a close-up view on a series of elevated boardwalks. The hot spring gets its vivid color from pigmented bacteria that grow around the edge of the mineral-rich water.
July 15, 2018
From a distant vantage point, one has the chance to appreciate our home as a whole, to reflect on its beauty and its fragility all at once (pg. 12). When we are removed from our usual line of sight on the Earth's surface, we can see things differently (pg. 20).
Quite simply, Overview is stunning and has the potential to be one of the most impactful reads you can purchase. Not only is this a gorgeous publication, but the intriguing modern art concept draws you in immediately. The time and energy Grant has given this work is beyond impressive.
"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."—Plato, Phaedo (On the Soul).
So much more than I first thought, Overview brings to your eyes exactly what you'd expect, and then goes much further into the concept of really understanding the planet on which we have been born. These images along with his words and facts, literally made me place my hand on the photos—I want to feel, hold, contain, and protect all that Grant has shown.
Maybe 'heal' would be fitting there, as well.
Broken down into simple categories, Grant divides the book into segments easily understood and thereby making the human impact even more evident. Each chapter entitled with a line that further drives home exact locations we have changed: Where We . . . Harvest, Extract, Power, Live, Move, Design, Play, and Waste—until you get to the last one . . . Where We Are Not. That helicoptering and circling of the life on this planet, spirals us down to the core of what makes Earth special and beautiful . . . its untouched self.
Quite simply, Overview is stunning and has the potential to be one of the most impactful reads you can purchase. Not only is this a gorgeous publication, but the intriguing modern art concept draws you in immediately. The time and energy Grant has given this work is beyond impressive.
"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."—Plato, Phaedo (On the Soul).
So much more than I first thought, Overview brings to your eyes exactly what you'd expect, and then goes much further into the concept of really understanding the planet on which we have been born. These images along with his words and facts, literally made me place my hand on the photos—I want to feel, hold, contain, and protect all that Grant has shown.
Maybe 'heal' would be fitting there, as well.
Broken down into simple categories, Grant divides the book into segments easily understood and thereby making the human impact even more evident. Each chapter entitled with a line that further drives home exact locations we have changed: Where We . . . Harvest, Extract, Power, Live, Move, Design, Play, and Waste—until you get to the last one . . . Where We Are Not. That helicoptering and circling of the life on this planet, spirals us down to the core of what makes Earth special and beautiful . . . its untouched self.
March 15, 2018
Overview by Benjamin Grant is a breathtaking photography collection of stunning satellite images of Earth's surface. Named for the overview effect, the cognitive shift astronauts report when viewing Earth from space, this book is filled with dazzling eye-candy that will change your perspective on the world we live in. Industrial landscapes, tropical rainforests, urban infrastructure, eroded mountain ranges, and pristine coastlines pop off the page and spark a sense of wonder at the beauty and diversity of our pale blue dot.
January 8, 2018
This is one beautiful book! Its aerial views of our world are fascinating...there were few photographs that I could guess, with assurance, as to what they were...and many photos I just could not even begin to think what they were. All were wonderful, some surprising, some took my breath away, some were upsetting...but all were beautiful.
January 12, 2017
Truly beautiful, breathtaking, and stunning!
The book is about the "Overview Effect", i.e. a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and see the Earth as a whole. An excellent thought to convert Instagram posts to a book.
Benjamin Grant has brought together unseen, high-resolution satellite images of places we live in, places where we play, and where we have never been to. They are sure to make us wonder about the extent of human-impact on our planet - and it is huge indeed.
In his words:
A must, must read for lovers of Plant Earth, the nature, architecture, and geography.
Do follow: Daily Overview | Instagram and Daily Overview | Facebook.
The book is about the "Overview Effect", i.e. a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and see the Earth as a whole. An excellent thought to convert Instagram posts to a book.
Benjamin Grant has brought together unseen, high-resolution satellite images of places we live in, places where we play, and where we have never been to. They are sure to make us wonder about the extent of human-impact on our planet - and it is huge indeed.
In his words:
"Humans have occupied the surface of the planet for only a small sliver on the grand timeline of our universe. Yet our impact has been drastic and most pronounced in recent years - just a tiny sliver of that other sliver."
A must, must read for lovers of Plant Earth, the nature, architecture, and geography.
Do follow: Daily Overview | Instagram and Daily Overview | Facebook.
December 14, 2016
Just really fascinating. Every person who saw this book when I had it checked out was sucked into poring over the images.
December 30, 2017
This is THE BEST book I've read/looked at. Please get a copy. It's a coffee table book that will thrill you, teach you, interest you, amaze you, perplex you and WOW you. I promise.
January 13, 2017
This is a terrific coffee table book. It's a bit of a game, like a puzzle, to look at the images and try to guess what they are of, or where they exist. But ultimately, this truly does begin to give you that experience that an astronaut must have, to view the planet from so far away that you can begin to understand what humans are doing to its face, for the good, but mostly for the not so good. I recommend this to anyone who wants to have a little inspiration to keep motivated on fighting the good fight over taking responsibility for our own actions here, as humans who impact so much on this tiny planet earth.
February 8, 2017
This is a terrific coffee table book. The images are brilliantly presented in vibrant color and the captions are informative. The 'overview' created in each photograph has taken care and attention and, as a result, the book becomes incredibly thought-provoking. There is contemporary relevance here with the picture of the development of the Spratley Islands or the pollution-filled lakes of Michigan. Lots to see and lots to focus upon. This book really did make me see the world in. A different way. Recommended.
December 23, 2016
Mesmerizing
Theme is a lot like Burtynsky's -- large-scale evidence of human effect on landscapes -- but images are somehow less jarring, so one can focus more on the beauty of the photos.
Seems petty to say this when faced with such accomplished work, but text could be a little more incisive
Theme is a lot like Burtynsky's -- large-scale evidence of human effect on landscapes -- but images are somehow less jarring, so one can focus more on the beauty of the photos.
Seems petty to say this when faced with such accomplished work, but text could be a little more incisive
June 30, 2016
Neat!
January 1, 2017
Insightful and filled with awe-inspiring imagery.
March 19, 2017
The earth as art....amazing.
May 5, 2017
Fabulous collection of large aerial views of the earth. Some are abstract but all are identified. A visual reminder of how fragile the earth is and how significant the mark of mankind on it.
September 5, 2017
Very beautiful coffee table book showing the view from above. For a taste--check out the Daily Overview website: http://www.dailyoverview.com/
March 19, 2018
I borrowed it from the library but it is definitely worth picking up if you see it. It would make a great coffee table book. The photos are amazing and it is well organized.
January 13, 2022
Overview is a hefty coffee-table style book that strikes a perfect balance with its spectacular page-bursting imagery and accompanying commentary. It consists of hundreds of top-down satellite composite photographs that depict some of mankind’s most awe-inspiring designs and constructions of varying scale from many miles above the surface of Earth. It’s a fascinating, and occasionally sobering, exploration of our impact on the planet, and deserves some dedicated time and full attention devoted to poring over its pages.
April 3, 2020
2018.06.17–2018.06.17
Unputdownable. These high-res satellite images zoom the mind out to the level of our real visible effects on the Earth’s surface. They are organized topically by “Where we…” Harvest, Extract, Power, Live, Move, Design, Play, Waste, and (for contrast) Are Not. This is a perfect book to easily gain & maintain an Earth-centric perspective.
For more, see the Daily Overview. The project as a whole is “inspired by the Overview Effect—a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole.”
Contents
Grant B (2016) Overview - A New Perspective of Earth
Earthrise
A New Perspective of Earth
The First Overview
Introduction
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
• Lop Nur Potash Evaporation Ponds
• Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Aircraft Boneyard
• Port of Antwerp
• Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant
1. Where We Harvest
• Rice
• Tulips
• Olives
• Palm Trees
• Flevoland
• Addis Ababa
• Almeria
• Citrus Fruit
• Pecans
• Corn
• Grapes
• Cotton
• Pivot Irrigation Fields
• Algae
• Seaweed
• Canola Flowers
• Beet Sugar
• Sugarcane
• Deforestation in Bolivia
• Deforestation in Brazil
• Bratsk Pulp Mill
• Aquaculture
• Mussels
• Shrimp
• Cattle Feedlot
2. Where We Extract
• Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine
• Kashagan Oil Platform
• San Francisco Salt Ponds
• Recession of the Dead Sea
• Soquimich Lithium Mine
• Moab Potash Evaporation Ponds
• Searles Lake
• Chuquicamata Copper Mine
• Diavik Diamond Mine
• Jwaneng Diamond Mine
• Tagebau Hambach Surface Mine
• Aurora Phosphate Mine
• Arlit Uranium Mine
• Duri Oilfield
• Manifa Oilfield
• Prirazlomnoye Oil Rig
3. Where We Power
• Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
• Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
• Ulsan Refinery
• Cushing Crude Oil Storage
• Qinhuangdao Coal Terminal
• Tolk Coal-Fired Power Station
• D.B. Wilson Coal-Fired Station
• Kendal Power Station
• Gila River Power Station
• Xiluodu Dam
• Grand Dixence Dam
• Hoover Dam
• Lebrija 1 Solar Power Plant
• Gujarat Solar Park
• Desert Sunlight Solar Farm
• Middelgrunden
• Donghai Bridge Wind Farm
• Stateline Wind Farm
4. Where We Live
• Valparaiso
• Durrat Al Bahrain
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Delhi
• Brøndby Haveby
• Longyearbyen
• Marabe Al Dhafra
• Palm Jumeirah
• Malé
• Venice
• Lake Oroville Houseboats
• Florida Residential Developments
• • Hernando Beach, Florida
• • Cape Coral, Florida
• • Delray Beach, Florida
• • Melrose Park, Florida
• • Naples, Florida
• • Miami Beach, Florida
• • Rotonda West, Florida
• • Barefoot Bay, Florida
• • Boca Raton, Florida
• Dadaab Refugee Camp
• West Kimberley Regional Prison
• Arizona State Prison Complex, Perryville
• Almafuerte Mendoza Prison
• Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
• Adx Florence Supermax Prison
• Sun Lakes
• Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery
• Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery
5. Where We Move
• Los Caracoles Pass
• Kansai International Airport
• Charles de Gaulle International Airport
• King Khalid International Airport
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
• Kennedy Space Center
• Baikonur Cosmodrome
• Port of Singapore
• Port Hercules
• Tanjung Perak
• Port of Rotterdam
• Progreso Pier
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Los Angeles, California, USA
• Jacksonville, Florida, USA
• Madrid, Spain
• Port of Antwerp
• O’Hare Parking Lot
• School Bus Assembly Plant
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Pont du Sart Aqueduct
• Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
• Nardò Ring
• Stelvio Pass
• Channel Tunnel, French Entrance
• Madrid Atocha Railway Station
• Beijing South Railway Station
• Lamberts Point Pier 6
• Roseville Yard
6. Where We Design
• Pyramids of Giza
• Angkor Wat
• Forbidden City
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• Masjid Al-Haram
• Amsterdam
• Mont Saint-Michel
• Palmanova
• Bourtange
• Paris
• La Plata
• Brasilia
• Eixample
• New Delhi
• Canberra Parliament House
• Eden Project
• Gardens of Versailles
• City
• Guitar Forest
• Wish
7. Where We Play
• Bora Bora Resorts
• Ferrari World
• Bondi Beach
• Sepang Goldcoast Resort
• Ipanema Beach
• San Alfonso Del Mar Resort
• Aspen Snowmass
• Old Head Golf Links
• Kansas City Stadiums
• Mt. Van Voevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
• Billie Jean King Tennis Center
• Circuit Paul Ricard
• Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA
• Glastonbury Festival
• Superkilen
• Vondelpark
• Central Park
• London Eye
• Brighton Pier
• Munsu Water Park
• Tropical Islands Resort
8. Where We Waste
• Alang Shipbreaking Yard
• Iron Ore Mine Tailings Pond
• IJsseloog
• Thilafushi
• Umi No Mori
• Sudokwon Landfill
• Hyperion Treatment Plant
• Fresno-Clovis Wastewater Treatment Facility
• Ordos Ghost City
• Unused Mobile Homes
• Epecuén
• Red Mud Pond
• Baogang Steel and Rare Earth Mine Tailings Pond
• Athabasca Tar Sands Tailings Pond
• Chittagong Shipbreaking Yard
• Colorado Tire Graveyard
• Kuwait Tire Graveyard
• Southern California Logistics Airport Boneyard
9. Where We Are Not
• Dasht-e Kavir
• Rio Madre de Dios
• Grand Prismatic Spring
• Uluru
• Mount Fuji
• Mount Taranaki
• The Empty Quarter
• Sossusvlei
• Adelaide Rift
• Richat Structure
• Lake Natron
• Crater Lake
• Lake Mead
• Shadegan Lagoon
• Victoria Falls
• The Sundarbans
• Perito Moreno Glacier
• Galešnjak
Acknowledgments
Index
Unputdownable. These high-res satellite images zoom the mind out to the level of our real visible effects on the Earth’s surface. They are organized topically by “Where we…” Harvest, Extract, Power, Live, Move, Design, Play, Waste, and (for contrast) Are Not. This is a perfect book to easily gain & maintain an Earth-centric perspective.
For more, see the Daily Overview. The project as a whole is “inspired by the Overview Effect—a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look down and view the Earth as a whole.”
Contents
Grant B (2016) Overview - A New Perspective of Earth
Earthrise
A New Perspective of Earth
The First Overview
Introduction
• Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
• Lop Nur Potash Evaporation Ponds
• Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Aircraft Boneyard
• Port of Antwerp
• Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant
1. Where We Harvest
• Rice
• Tulips
• Olives
• Palm Trees
• Flevoland
• Addis Ababa
• Almeria
• Citrus Fruit
• Pecans
• Corn
• Grapes
• Cotton
• Pivot Irrigation Fields
• Algae
• Seaweed
• Canola Flowers
• Beet Sugar
• Sugarcane
• Deforestation in Bolivia
• Deforestation in Brazil
• Bratsk Pulp Mill
• Aquaculture
• Mussels
• Shrimp
• Cattle Feedlot
2. Where We Extract
• Mount Whaleback Iron Ore Mine
• Kashagan Oil Platform
• San Francisco Salt Ponds
• Recession of the Dead Sea
• Soquimich Lithium Mine
• Moab Potash Evaporation Ponds
• Searles Lake
• Chuquicamata Copper Mine
• Diavik Diamond Mine
• Jwaneng Diamond Mine
• Tagebau Hambach Surface Mine
• Aurora Phosphate Mine
• Arlit Uranium Mine
• Duri Oilfield
• Manifa Oilfield
• Prirazlomnoye Oil Rig
3. Where We Power
• Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
• Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
• Ulsan Refinery
• Cushing Crude Oil Storage
• Qinhuangdao Coal Terminal
• Tolk Coal-Fired Power Station
• D.B. Wilson Coal-Fired Station
• Kendal Power Station
• Gila River Power Station
• Xiluodu Dam
• Grand Dixence Dam
• Hoover Dam
• Lebrija 1 Solar Power Plant
• Gujarat Solar Park
• Desert Sunlight Solar Farm
• Middelgrunden
• Donghai Bridge Wind Farm
• Stateline Wind Farm
4. Where We Live
• Valparaiso
• Durrat Al Bahrain
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Delhi
• Brøndby Haveby
• Longyearbyen
• Marabe Al Dhafra
• Palm Jumeirah
• Malé
• Venice
• Lake Oroville Houseboats
• Florida Residential Developments
• • Hernando Beach, Florida
• • Cape Coral, Florida
• • Delray Beach, Florida
• • Melrose Park, Florida
• • Naples, Florida
• • Miami Beach, Florida
• • Rotonda West, Florida
• • Barefoot Bay, Florida
• • Boca Raton, Florida
• Dadaab Refugee Camp
• West Kimberley Regional Prison
• Arizona State Prison Complex, Perryville
• Almafuerte Mendoza Prison
• Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
• Adx Florence Supermax Prison
• Sun Lakes
• Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery
• Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery
5. Where We Move
• Los Caracoles Pass
• Kansai International Airport
• Charles de Gaulle International Airport
• King Khalid International Airport
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
• Kennedy Space Center
• Baikonur Cosmodrome
• Port of Singapore
• Port Hercules
• Tanjung Perak
• Port of Rotterdam
• Progreso Pier
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Los Angeles, California, USA
• Jacksonville, Florida, USA
• Madrid, Spain
• Port of Antwerp
• O’Hare Parking Lot
• School Bus Assembly Plant
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Pont du Sart Aqueduct
• Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
• Nardò Ring
• Stelvio Pass
• Channel Tunnel, French Entrance
• Madrid Atocha Railway Station
• Beijing South Railway Station
• Lamberts Point Pier 6
• Roseville Yard
6. Where We Design
• Pyramids of Giza
• Angkor Wat
• Forbidden City
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• Masjid Al-Haram
• Amsterdam
• Mont Saint-Michel
• Palmanova
• Bourtange
• Paris
• La Plata
• Brasilia
• Eixample
• New Delhi
• Canberra Parliament House
• Eden Project
• Gardens of Versailles
• City
• Guitar Forest
• Wish
7. Where We Play
• Bora Bora Resorts
• Ferrari World
• Bondi Beach
• Sepang Goldcoast Resort
• Ipanema Beach
• San Alfonso Del Mar Resort
• Aspen Snowmass
• Old Head Golf Links
• Kansas City Stadiums
• Mt. Van Voevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
• Billie Jean King Tennis Center
• Circuit Paul Ricard
• Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA
• Glastonbury Festival
• Superkilen
• Vondelpark
• Central Park
• London Eye
• Brighton Pier
• Munsu Water Park
• Tropical Islands Resort
8. Where We Waste
• Alang Shipbreaking Yard
• Iron Ore Mine Tailings Pond
• IJsseloog
• Thilafushi
• Umi No Mori
• Sudokwon Landfill
• Hyperion Treatment Plant
• Fresno-Clovis Wastewater Treatment Facility
• Ordos Ghost City
• Unused Mobile Homes
• Epecuén
• Red Mud Pond
• Baogang Steel and Rare Earth Mine Tailings Pond
• Athabasca Tar Sands Tailings Pond
• Chittagong Shipbreaking Yard
• Colorado Tire Graveyard
• Kuwait Tire Graveyard
• Southern California Logistics Airport Boneyard
9. Where We Are Not
• Dasht-e Kavir
• Rio Madre de Dios
• Grand Prismatic Spring
• Uluru
• Mount Fuji
• Mount Taranaki
• The Empty Quarter
• Sossusvlei
• Adelaide Rift
• Richat Structure
• Lake Natron
• Crater Lake
• Lake Mead
• Shadegan Lagoon
• Victoria Falls
• The Sundarbans
• Perito Moreno Glacier
• Galešnjak
Acknowledgments
Index
March 16, 2024
Not much substance, but a beautiful coffee table book.
August 2, 2017
This is a gorgeous book, and I ended up reading it faster than it deserved (as is all to common, I had it out from the library and only focused on reading it when it was overdue and needed to be returned to fill a hold for someone else). I also found it a bit depressing. Even before it gets to the chapter on waste, the images of harvest and extraction make clear just how much of a mark humans have made on the earth.
The only things that could make this book better, I think, would be the inclusion of a few small icons on each image indicating orientation (from some of them I am sure the default assumption of up=north is not accurate) and maybe scale (though often the images include cars, which are a good baseline I find).
The only things that could make this book better, I think, would be the inclusion of a few small icons on each image indicating orientation (from some of them I am sure the default assumption of up=north is not accurate) and maybe scale (though often the images include cars, which are a good baseline I find).
November 28, 2020
This is a coffee table book that my wife gave me. Like all coffee table books that people give me, I make sure to read every word in there. The overhead photos of the Earth are amazing. It can be depressing though, since the author is focused on the harm that people do to the Earth. It's good to be aware, but it can get me down when I dwell on the problems we are causing. On the other hand, it's inspiring to see the engineering feats that humans have created.
March 3, 2017
Beautiful satellite photos, nicely printed. But my first pass through the book left me a little disappointed. A lot of the photos didn't really interest me, and the captions are generally sketchy.
I may take a second look, as I usually like satfoto books. Might just be me.... It's due back, so I'll leave it at this.
I may take a second look, as I usually like satfoto books. Might just be me.... It's due back, so I'll leave it at this.
March 17, 2018
A heavy coffee-table book springing from web-based "Daily Overview"--photos from space of all kinds of places around our globe--natural occurrences, man-made plants (quite a variety), cities--Paris is incredible thanks to Napoleon's redesign. So intriguing. Limited text. A paragraph for each picture explaining name, location, size. Could spend many hours marveling over these photos.
December 31, 2017
This book is beautiful! We're wearing it out in our house for all the times we take it out to look at it.
March 13, 2017
dope images great for a coffee table
March 19, 2017
OMG, dit boek was gewoonweg prachtig! Zo heerlijk om al die foto's te zien. En ook mooi dat er verschillende thema's zijn. Echt een aanrader voor iedereen.
June 10, 2017
This features photos of Earth from Space. Topics include farming, mining, transportation, living spaces, prisons, sports arenas, dumps, and more. Insightful.
June 11, 2017
I heart satellite pics.
September 8, 2017
Beautiful glimpse of the world from above, with deep emphasis on how we, as humans, have changed her.
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