Geotechnology

Halong Bay, located in northeast Vietnam, is a remarkable landscape featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image. The image captures the bay's striking rocky formations rising from the clear blue waters, offering a breathtaking view of one of the most iconic natural wonders in Southeast Asia.

Dubai, a city known for its luxury, innovation, and rapid development, has undergone one of the most dramatic urban transformations in modern history. Over the past few decades, it has evolved from a relatively small desert city into a global hub for tourism, business, and architecture. One of the most striking examples of this transformation is the construction of artificial islands, reshaping Dubai’s coastline and expanding its urban landscape.

Over the past decade, the title of the “largest solar farm in the world” has changed hands frequently. As the global demand for renewable energy surges, countries are racing to expand their solar capacity, pushing the limits of what was once thought possible.In 2014, the Topaz Solar Farm in California held the title with a 550-megawatt (MW) facility. Just a year later, Solar Star, another California-based solar project, surpassed it with a capacity of 579 MW. By 2016, India took the lead with the Kamuthi Solar Power Project in Tamil Nadu, boasting 648 MW of capacity.Then, in February 2017, China claimed the top spot with the Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, a massive solar installation with a staggering 850 MW of capacity.

Morocco gets plenty of sun—about 3,000 hours per year, according to the Solar GCC Alliance. A new solar plant in that desert country is poised to take advantage of the ample Saharan sunlight.