Landscape
52 Landscapes That Make Us Rethink.
Landscape is not simply scenery. It is where geology, climate, ecology, settlement, memory and human intervention become visible together.
An image-led editorial map across all inhabited continents, shaped around geological time, biodiversity, cultural landscapes and a changing planet.
The editorial map
52 moments · 10 lenses
01 / 52
01 / 52 · Geological Time
Grand Canyon
- Period
- United States
- Place
- Geological Time
02 / 52 · Geological Time
Zhangye Danxia
- Period
- China
- Place
- Geological Time
03 / 52 · Geological Time
Giant’s Causeway
- Period
- Northern Ireland
- Place
- Geological Time
04 / 52 · Geological Time
inhabited since the Bronze Age
Cappadocia
- Period
- Türkiye
- Place
- Geological Time
05 / 52 · Geological Time
Tsingy de Bemaraha
- Period
- Madagascar
- Place
- Geological Time
06 / 52 · Mountains & Vertical Worlds
Himalaya
- Period
- South Asia
- Place
- Mountains & Vertical Worlds
07 / 52 · Mountains & Vertical Worlds
Andes Altiplano
- Period
- Bolivia and Peru
- Place
- Mountains & Vertical Worlds
08 / 52 · Mountains & Vertical Worlds
Rwenzori Mountains
- Period
- Uganda and DR Congo
- Place
- Mountains & Vertical Worlds
09 / 52 · Mountains & Vertical Worlds
Canadian Rockies
- Period
- Canada
- Place
- Mountains & Vertical Worlds
10 / 52 · Mountains & Vertical Worlds
Southern Alps
- Period
- New Zealand
- Place
- Mountains & Vertical Worlds
11 / 52 · Deserts & Extreme Environments
Namib Sand Sea
- Period
- Namibia
- Place
- Deserts & Extreme Environments
12 / 52 · Deserts & Extreme Environments
Sahara
- Period
- North Africa
- Place
- Deserts & Extreme Environments
13 / 52 · Deserts & Extreme Environments
Atacama Desert
- Period
- Chile
- Place
- Deserts & Extreme Environments
14 / 52 · Deserts & Extreme Environments
Wadi Rum
- Period
- Jordan
- Place
- Deserts & Extreme Environments
15 / 52 · Deserts & Extreme Environments
Antarctic Peninsula
- Period
- Antarctica
- Place
- Deserts & Extreme Environments
16 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
Okavango Delta
- Period
- Botswana
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
17 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
settled agriculture since c. 6000 BCE
Nile Delta
- Period
- Egypt
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
18 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
Ha Long Bay
- Period
- Vietnam
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
19 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
Norwegian fjords
- Period
- Norway
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
20 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
Great Barrier Reef
- Period
- Australia
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
21 / 52 · Water, Rivers & Coasts
Iguazú Falls
- Period
- Argentina and Brazil
- Place
- Water, Rivers & Coasts
22 / 52 · Forests & Biodiversity
Amazon rainforest
- Period
- South America
- Place
- Forests & Biodiversity
23 / 52 · Forests & Biodiversity
Congo Basin rainforest
- Period
- Central Africa
- Place
- Forests & Biodiversity
24 / 52 · Forests & Biodiversity
Western Ghats
- Period
- India
- Place
- Forests & Biodiversity
25 / 52 · Forests & Biodiversity
Białowieża Forest
- Period
- Poland and Belarus
- Place
- Forests & Biodiversity
26 / 52 · Forests & Biodiversity
Daintree Rainforest
- Period
- Australia
- Place
- Forests & Biodiversity
27 / 52 · Human-Cultivated Landscapes
cultivated for centuries
Banaue rice terraces
- Period
- Philippines
- Place
- Human-Cultivated Landscapes
28 / 52 · Human-Cultivated Landscapes
developed over c. 1,300 years
Honghe Hani rice terraces
- Period
- China
- Place
- Human-Cultivated Landscapes
29 / 52 · Human-Cultivated Landscapes
wine-growing for c. 2,000 years
Douro Valley
- Period
- Portugal
- Place
- Human-Cultivated Landscapes
30 / 52 · Human-Cultivated Landscapes
living tradition for over 400 years
Konso cultural landscape
- Period
- Ethiopia
- Place
- Human-Cultivated Landscapes
31 / 52 · Human-Cultivated Landscapes
cultivated for millennia
Andean potato landscapes
- Period
- Peru
- Place
- Human-Cultivated Landscapes
32 / 52 · Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
living cultural landscape over millennia
Uluru–Kata Tjuta
- Period
- Australia
- Place
- Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
33 / 52 · Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
sacred landscape over centuries
Tongariro
- Period
- New Zealand
- Place
- Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
34 / 52 · Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
sacred landscape over centuries
Mount Fuji
- Period
- Japan
- Place
- Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
35 / 52 · Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
monastic settlement since the 11th century
Meteora
- Period
- Greece
- Place
- Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
36 / 52 · Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
sacred grove over centuries
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
- Period
- Nigeria
- Place
- Sacred & Cultural Landscapes
37 / 52 · Cities Within Nature
urban landscape since the 16th century
Rio de Janeiro between mountain and sea
- Period
- Brazil
- Place
- Cities Within Nature
38 / 52 · Cities Within Nature
1963–present
Singapore’s urban nature network
- Period
- Singapore
- Place
- Cities Within Nature
39 / 52 · Cities Within Nature
urban landscape since the 17th century
Cape Town and Table Mountain
- Period
- South Africa
- Place
- Cities Within Nature
40 / 52 · Cities Within Nature
urban landscape since the 19th century
Hong Kong’s mountains and harbour
- Period
- Hong Kong
- Place
- Cities Within Nature
41 / 52 · Cities Within Nature
urban transformation since the 1990s
Medellín’s valley urbanism
- Period
- Colombia
- Place
- Cities Within Nature
42 / 52 · Landscapes Transformed by Humans
19th century–present
Ruhr industrial landscape
- Period
- Germany
- Place
- Landscapes Transformed by Humans
43 / 52 · Landscapes Transformed by Humans
1905–present
Salton Sea
- Period
- United States
- Place
- Landscapes Transformed by Humans
44 / 52 · Landscapes Transformed by Humans
1960s–present
Aral Sea basin
- Period
- Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Place
- Landscapes Transformed by Humans
45 / 52 · Landscapes Transformed by Humans
1970s–present
Lusatian lake district
- Period
- Germany
- Place
- Landscapes Transformed by Humans
46 / 52 · Landscapes Transformed by Humans
20th century–present
Nauru’s phosphate landscape
- Period
- Nauru
- Place
- Landscapes Transformed by Humans
47 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
Greenland Ice Sheet
- Period
- Greenland
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future
48 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
Sundarbans
- Period
- Bangladesh and India
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future
49 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
Kiribati atolls
- Period
- Kiribati
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future
50 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
2007–present
Sahel restoration landscapes
- Period
- Africa
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future
51 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
Yellow River Delta
- Period
- China
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future
52 / 52 · Landscapes of the Future
Svalbard
- Period
- Norway
- Place
- Landscapes of the Future