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Glaciers and Glastonbury: 25 of the best satellite photos taken this year
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DIGITALGLOBE, A COMMERCIAL satellite imaging company, has just released a breathtaking collection of its 25 best images from 2014.
Among them are a handful taken from the company’s newest satellite, WorldView-3.
DigitalGlobe is asking the public to vote for their favourite birds-eye views of Earth over on their Facebook page.
Here are the choices:
The forested countryside of Alberta, Canada, on 10 October.
Nordenskjold Basin, Antarctica on 12 March
Wildfires in San Diego County, California on 15 May.
An eruption on Mount Sinabung, Indonesia, on 23 January.
Flooding in Gunja, Croatia on 21 May
Densely packed neighbourhoods in Mexico City, on 1 August.
Oktoberfest in Munich, on 24 September.
Around 200,000 people attend the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, on 25 June.
Spectral band imaging shows the location of mineral deposits at Cuprite Hill, Nevada on 19 September.
Mineralised bands of volcanic lava and sand on Rainbow Range, in British Columbia, Canada on 20 September.
A satellite keeps track of productivity at the Bayan Obo mining district in China, on 23 August.
The Henan Coal Mine in China, on 29 May.
The Diavikk diamond mine in Canada, on 21 August.
Fish farms off the coast of Huayuanli in China, on 18 October.
Smoke rises above Kiev, Ukraine during protests on 24 February.
Iraqi refugees leaving the city of Sinjar on foot, escaping Islamist militants there, on 15 September.
Refugees in the Syrian city of Kobane, on 6 November.
A shipping yard in Garden City, Georgia, USA on 16 May.
Aircraft line up at the airport in Everett, Washington on 26 July.
The Spui Locks at the storm surge barrier in IJmuiden, Netherlands on 27 August.
A rail yard in Maschen, Germany on 6 August.
An oil facility in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan, in September.
The isolated Prirazlomnaya oil platform, off the coast of Russia, on 28 June.
The world’s largest tyre graveyard at Sulaibiya, Kuwait on 4 June.
The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay, on 12 March.
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