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Established as a city in 1045 BC, King Wu was the first to declare it as a capital in 1057 BC. Having served as the capital of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing is now the capital of the People's Republic of China. In these Landsat images, the explosive growth of this ancient city is clearly visible. In 1972, only about 7.89 million people lived there — but by 2010 the population swelled to more than 12 million. This increase in the city's size corresponds to the opening of China to the Western world in the 1970s. Up until 1979, the government restricted housing in the city, limiting it to the confines of the \"Outer City.\" Previously a walled fortress, its outline is still visible today due to the build up of canals and roads along the path of the original wall. Inside this rectangular boundary is the ancient heart of the capital, the moat-lined Forbidden City. Called forbidden because anyone entering needed royal permission, this is where the Imperial Palace still stands, once home to 500 years of Chinese emperors. It was Kublai Khan who established the Forbidden City in 1260 A.D. He called it Khanbaliq but Italian explorer Marco Polo called it Cambuluc. It still stands as Beijing's city center. In 1421 the Chinese took the city back and gave it its current name of Beijing. Today, Beijing is only limited by the rugged Taihang Mountains that run to the west and northwest of the city, pushing the population to spread to the south and east across the relatively flat coastal plain. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 3791, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3791/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2012-07-23T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Urban Sprawl in Beijing, China", "description": "Beijing is one of the oldest, and now, one of the most crowded cities in the world. Established as a city in 1045 BC, King Wu was the first to declare it as a capital in 1057 BC. Having served as the capital of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing is now the capital of the People's Republic of China. In these Landsat images, the explosive growth of this ancient city is clearly visible. In 1972, only about 7.89 million people lived there — but by 2010 the population swelled to more than 12 million. This increase in the city's size corresponds to the opening of China to the Western world in the 1970s. Up until 1979, the government restricted housing in the city, limiting it to the confines of the \"Outer City.\" Previously a walled fortress, its outline is still visible today due to the build up of canals and roads along the path of the original wall. Inside this rectangular boundary is the ancient heart of the capital, the moat-lined Forbidden City. Called forbidden because anyone entering needed royal permission, this is where the Imperial Palace still stands, once home to 500 years of Chinese emperors. It was Kublai Khan who established the Forbidden City in 1260 A.D. He called it Khanbaliq but Italian explorer Marco Polo called it Cambuluc. It still stands as Beijing's city center. In 1421 the Chinese took the city back and gave it its current name of Beijing. Today, Beijing is only limited by the rugged Taihang Mountains that run to the west and northwest of the city, pushing the population to spread to the south and east across the relatively flat coastal plain. || ", "hits": 136 }, { "id": 3433, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3433/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-06-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rise of the Three Gorges Dam", "description": "Some call it the eighth wonder of world; others say it's the next Great Wall of China. Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator. One of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space, NASA's Landsat satellite has had a closer look, providing detailed, vivid views of the dam since its inception in 1994. The dam is built along the Yangtze River, the third largest in the world, stretching more than 3,900 miles across China before reaching its mouth near Shanghai. Historically, the river has been prone to massive flooding, overflowing its banks about once every ten years. During the 20th century alone, Chinese authorities estimate that some 300,000 people were killed from Yangtze River floods. The dam is designed to greatly improve flood control on the river and protect the 15 million people and 3.7 million acres of farmland in the lower Yangtze flood plains. Observations from the NASA-built Landsat satellites provide an overview of the dam's construction. The earliest data set, from 1987, shows the region prior to start of construction. By 2000, construction along each riverbank was underway, but sediment-filled water still flowed through a narrow channel near the river's south bank. The 2004 data shows development of the main wall and the partial filling of the reservoir, including numerous side canyons. By mid-2006, construction of the main wall was completed and a reservoir more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) across had filled just upstream of the dam. To read more about the Three Gorges Dam, please click here. This animation was designed in three parts: Part 1: The first part of this animation zooms in to the Three Gorges Dam and travels backward and forward through time emphasizing the dam construction and filling of the reservoir. This animation then continues seemlessly into Part 2. Part 2: Starting where Part 1 leaves off, the camera flies up the 2006 data showing the high water levels that have already filled the multiple gorges upstream. Part 3: Identical to Part 2, except showing the 1987 data prior to the dam construction. || ", "hits": 582 }, { "id": 2957, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2957/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-06-28T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "China Dust Storm Pollutes Air in the Eastern United States in April 2001 (Flatmap)", "description": "A large dust storm develops over China on April 6 and 7, 2001. This animation shows the dust moving over China, Russia, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and Canada, settling over the United States. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 2911, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2911/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Urbanization around the Pearl River Estuary in China from 1973 through 2001 (WMS)", "description": "The region around the Pearl River Estuary in southern China experienced rapid urban growth in the 1980s and 1990s. This growth was spurred by the establishment of special government economic zones, particularly in Shenzhen, just to the east of the estuary. Urban areas increased by more than 300% between 1988 and 1996. This growth can be directly assessed by remote sensing measurements from space, particularly by comparing images from the Landsat sensors for the last thirty years. This animation shows nine such images in sequence, from the years 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, and 2001. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 2761, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2761/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-06-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat-7 20 Year Urbanization of Deep Bay near Shenzhen, China", "description": "The long operational history of the Landsat satellite allows a detailed study of urban growth around the world, as illustrated by this animation of urbanization around Shenzen, China. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 2762, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2762/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-06-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat 7 20 Year Urbanization West of Shenzhen, China", "description": "The long operational history of the Landsat satellite allows a detailed study of urban growth around the world, as illustrated by this animation of urbanization around Shenzen, China. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 2763, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2763/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-06-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat-7 20-Year Urbanization of Shenzhen, China", "description": "The long operational history of the Landsat satellite allows a detailed study of urban growth around the world, as illustrated by this animation of urbanization around Shenzen, China. || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 2739, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2739/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-05-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Asian Smoke Seen by SeaWiFS", "description": "Hundreds of forest fires continue to burn across the boreal forests of Russia, releasing thick clouds of smoke that are spreading as far south as South Korea and central China. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 2675, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2675/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-10T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "Haze over China", "description": "NASA satellite image of eastern Asia shows a dense blanket of polluted air over central eastern China — dense enough that the coastline around Shanghai virtually disappears. The 'Asian Brown Cloud' is a toxic mix of ash, acids and airborne particles from car and factory emissions, as well as from low-tech polluters like wood-burning stoves. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 2699, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2699/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-10T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "Haze over China, Shenzhen", "description": "NASA satellite image of eastern Asia shows a dense blanket of polluted air over central eastern China — dense enough that the coastline around Shanghai virtually disappears. The 'Asian Brown Cloud' is a toxic mix of ash, acids and airborne particles from car and factory emissions, as well as from low-tech polluters like wood-burning stoves. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 1056, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1056/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-02-21T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Shenzhen, China Land Use - True Color", "description": "Zoom into Shenzen, China. True color (3,2,1) Landsat inset. 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