The Best Photos From the GeoEye Satellite

The largest cor­po­ra­tion of its kind, Geo­Eye, which pro­vides satel­lite images to orga­ni­za­tions such as Microsoft, Yahoo and Google, has pub­lished its best pho­tographs of the earth­’s land­scapes, both urban and nat­ur­al. Let’s admire the pic­tures of the most beau­ti­ful places on the plan­et and learn more about them

By click­ing on the links you will learn more about most of these places. Let’s start with the Burj Khal­i­fa, which is 828 meters high. It is the tallest struc­ture ever built by man. Climb­ing up to the 124th floor you will get to the obser­va­tion deck, from where you will have an unsur­passed view of the city, the desert and the end­less expans­es of the sea

In Siena, all roads lead to Piaz­za del Cam­po. This is one of the most famous squares in Italy.

The Orda Palace in Kaza­khstan was built in 2004 as the offi­cial res­i­dence of the Pres­i­dent, used for state and inter­na­tion­al nego­ti­a­tions.

The world’s best golf cours­es at the Augus­ta Nation­al Golf Club:

One of the largest sandy deserts in the world — Tak­la Makan in Chi­na

Dick­en­son Bay off the coast of Antigua:

One of the most famous attrac­tions in Bangkok is the Grand Palace:

North face of Mount Ever­est:

One of the most beau­ti­ful deserts in the world is the Namib Desert in Namib­ia. Here are the high­est sand dunes in the world, their height reach­es 300 meters in some places:

Amaz­ing con­trast of black rocks, blue sea and white cozy hous­es in San­tori­ni, Greece:

Oliveira Bridge in Sao Paulo, an amaz­ing archi­tec­tur­al cre­ation:

Bon­di Beach 7 kilo­me­ters from Syd­ney, Aus­tralia. Con­sid­ered one of the best places in the world for surf­ing:

St. Peters­burg, one of the most beau­ti­ful cities in the world, with its amaz­ing archi­tec­ture, palaces such as Peter­hof, and bridges: