geographile

May 27

nevver: The Bridge

nevver:

The Bridge

(via katieaaberg)

[video]

May 26

treasureboxes: One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of much of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Large metropolitan areas and other easily recognizable sites from the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. area are visible in the scene. Boston is just out of frame at right. Long Island and the Greater Metropolitan area of NYC are visible in the lower right quadrant. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Penn. near center.

treasureboxes:

One of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this nighttime photograph of much of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Large metropolitan areas and other easily recognizable sites from the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C. area are visible in the scene. Boston is just out of frame at right. Long Island and the Greater Metropolitan area of NYC are visible in the lower right quadrant. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Penn. near center.

lookingwidelivinglife: From the US Geological Survey This drawing shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles (1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater, atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato plant.

lookingwidelivinglife:

From the US Geological Survey

This drawing shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles (1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater, atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato plant.

May 25

kaapvaal: Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Tongariro National Park - NewZealand

kaapvaal:

Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Tongariro National Park - NewZealand

[video]

May 24

Aerial view of New York City, looking north, on December 16, 1951

areimages:

(Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)

http://areimages.tumblr.com/

Morning Glory

kaapvaal:

Morning Glory - kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia

May 23

hannahlizzy-beth: Lofoten, Norway

hannahlizzy-beth:

Lofoten, Norway

autobots—rollout: So much truth to this I’ve known where Nicaragua was since I was 10 or younger, and I was schooled in the US. Geography education matters, but so does whether people pay attention, read, and follow news. 

autobots—rollout:

So much truth to this

I’ve known where Nicaragua was since I was 10 or younger, and I was schooled in the US. Geography education matters, but so does whether people pay attention, read, and follow news.