10 Alaska Facts: Size, Mountains, Glaciers, Coastline and Wild Plants
Alaska is America's great northern frontier: a state so big that its east–west span reaches 2,400 miles, with more than three million la...
geography
Anton Balazh Relief Maps: Nine 3D Views of the World's Mountain Ranges
Anton Balazh, a graphic artist from St. Petersburg, builds 3D renders of Earth that look like photographs taken from orbit. Nine of his rel...
International Border Photos: 22 Frontiers from Norway to the Korean JSA
Some borders are walls and gates; others are a strip of cleared forest, a white line across a café floor or a statue on a mountain pass. The...
13 Crater Lakes Around the World: From Oregon's Crater Lake to Lonar
When a volcano blows out its summit or collapses into its own emptied magma chamber, rain and snowmelt can turn the hole into a lake. These ...