Now one of Italy's most fertile plains, this is the area formerly occupied by Lake Fucine until it was fully drained in 1878. More info here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20337518

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20334793

A curious round-ish depression located in the mountains by the Korean DMZ. More info on Wikipedia.

The sea, which straddles the border between Israel and Jordan, has seen its surface area shrink by about 33 percent since the 1960s. A plan to replenish the Dead Sea with seawater from the Red Sea was proposed in 2009, but abandoned in 2021.

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Not sure what these darker stripes are. They look like submerged timber og logs

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/16143715

The Batagaika Crater, located in the Chersky Range of northeastern Siberia, Russia, is the largest permafrost crater in the world. One kilometer (0.6 miles) long, 100 meters (328 feet) deep, and growing, it has been sinking due to thawing permafrost since the 1960s. Batagaika’s rim is extremely unstable and the site of regular landslides, retreating by as much as 30 meters (98 feet) in a single year.

67.580000°, 134.771400°

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The former capital of the Caribbean island of Montserrat, a British overseas territory, has been fully abandoned since 1997 due to a series of eruptions at the Soufrière Hills volcano. More info here.

34°22'25.3"S 137°40'23.6"E

I was randomly browsing Google Earth and had drifted into Hungary when I noticed that many plots there, are elongated. They have a short front towards a road, where a house or structure usually is located, but then extend a pretty long way behind that!

Hidden Beach is not quite so hidden - listed as a tourist attraction on google:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2LvWzMa5iaYtYiS2A

Interestingly, google has the location of quite a lot of hidden beaches!

Summer residences close to Copenhagen in Denmark. The hedges are angled, from 180cm to 80 cm, securing privacy and optimal light access for plants close to the tip of the "slices".

All homes have access to electricity, water, sewage and water. The houses must be less than 50 square meters, and you can only live there between April 1st to October 1st. Outside this period you can only stay there on weekends.

https://www.rundtidanmark.dk/broendby-haveby-runde-haver/
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B8ndby_Haveby

Dyrehavsbakken, is located approximately 10km North of Copenhagen Denmark.

Interestingly, Copenhagen has the third oldest operating amusement park Tivoli, that opened in 1843 (180 years ago)
Here is an overview shot of Tivoli in the center of Copenhagen

I found this randomly while looking at the landscape around Austria, and hadn't realized that i had drifted off into Hungary

https://sopronrally.hu/

Coordinates: 50°27'07,38" N 1°38'34,17" E

Slightly east of Le Bout De Haut

Also this a bit further south

Built as a royal hunting lodge in the early 18th century
Today, the Palace of Stupinigi houses the Museo di Arte e Ammobiliamento, a museum of the arts and furnishings, some original to the palazzina, others brought from the former Savoy family residences of Moncalieri and Venaria Reale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzina_di_caccia_of_Stupinigi

I only noticed today, due to the Tour de France finishing there, but Rimini has some huge beaches! Also they seem to have constructed some sort of wave breaker, to give calmer waters for visitors (?). It does look amazin from a distance

Slightly furhter north, still in Rimini, but on the other side of "Porto di Rimini" the beaches get even larger!