Costa Concordia, Giglio, Italy-January 17, 2012: A luxury cruise ship ran aground in the Tuscan waters off of Giglio, Italy on Friday, January 13, 2012.
San Pedro, California This is a satellite image of an ongoing landslide affecting the location close to San Pedro, California.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia The Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the greatest pilgrimage in the planet. A lot more than 2.5 million Muslims are anticipated to perform this religious duty from November 4-9, 2011.
Bangkok, Thailand Locals are park their cars loaded with belongings on overpasses to protect them from flood waters.
Texas Fires: Bastrop, Texas This is a false colour DigitalGlobe satellite picture featuring the wildfire burning outdoors Bastrop, Texas.
Pico Mountain Resort, Killington, VT This is a natural color, large-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring flood damage at the Pico Ski Lodge in Killington, Vermont, following Hurricane Irene.
The Area Shuttle Atlantis This is a purely natural color, high-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Kennedy Room Center, Merritt Island, Florida.
Tripoli, Libya This is a organic colour, large-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring the Gaddafi compound in Tripoli, Libya.
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Energy Plant This is a all-natural color, large-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring flooding at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Electrical power Plant.
Midwest Flooding This is a false color DigitalGlobe satellite picture featuring massive flooding along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, close to Cairo, Illinois.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama This is a all-natural color, DigitalGlobe satellite picture featuring the harm of a tornado that struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 27, 2011.
Breidamerkurjökull Glacier, Iceland Worldwide glacier monitoring with DigitalGlobe partner Severe Ice Survey.
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami This is a purely natural color, high-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring the aftermath of the 9. magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan’s coast on March 11, 2011.
Maker Abior, Abyei, Sudan This is a organic colour, high-resolution satellite image featuring burned structures at Maker Abior.
Sudan National Referendum Monitoring In collaboration with the Satellite Sentinel Project, this is a organic colour, high-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring the human safety scenario in the Abyei area of Sudan.
Australia Floods This is a all-natural colour, large-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite picture featuring serious flooding in Brisbane, Australia.
Mount Merapi, Indonesia This is a all-natural colour, large-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring harm following the eruption of Mount Merapi.
Ajka, Kolontar, Devecser, Hungary This is a all-natural colour, higher-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring damage following a toxic spill in Ajka, Hungary.
San Francisco, California This is a all-natural color, substantial-resolution DigitalGlobe satellite image featuring the Golden Gate Bridge and Toll Plaza.
The Pearl, Doha, Qatar This is a natural color, 2 meter DigitalGlobe satellite picture featuring The Pearl, a man-created island near Doha, Qatar.
Wow. Those are some really amazing pictures. It really shows exactly how huge humanity really is… that’s pretty inspiring. At least, I think it is. It’s the sort of thing that you can’t get from seeing numbers.