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DIGITALGLOBE, A COMMERCIAL satellite imaging company, has just released a breathtaking collection of its 25 best images from 2014.

Among them are a handful taken from the company’s newest satellite, WorldView-3.

DigitalGlobe is asking the public to vote for their favourite birds-eye views of Earth over on their Facebook page.

Here are the choices:

The forested countryside of Alberta, Canada, on 10 October.

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Nordenskjold Basin, Antarctica on 12 March

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Wildfires in San Diego County, California on 15 May.

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An eruption on Mount Sinabung, Indonesia, on 23 January.

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Flooding in Gunja, Croatia on 21 May

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Densely packed neighbourhoods in Mexico City, on 1 August.

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Oktoberfest in Munich, on 24 September.

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Around 200,000 people attend the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, on 25 June.

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Spectral band imaging shows the location of mineral deposits at Cuprite Hill, Nevada on 19 September.

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Mineralised bands of volcanic lava and sand on Rainbow Range, in British Columbia, Canada on 20 September.

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A satellite keeps track of productivity at the Bayan Obo mining district in China, on 23 August.

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The Henan Coal Mine in China, on 29 May.

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The Diavikk diamond mine in Canada, on 21 August.

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Fish farms off the coast of Huayuanli in China, on 18 October.

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Smoke rises above Kiev, Ukraine during protests on 24 February.

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Iraqi refugees leaving the city of Sinjar on foot, escaping Islamist militants there, on 15 September.

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Refugees in the Syrian city of Kobane, on 6 November.

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A shipping yard in Garden City, Georgia, USA on 16 May.

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Aircraft line up at the airport in Everett, Washington on 26 July.

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The Spui Locks at the storm surge barrier in IJmuiden, Netherlands on 27 August.

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A rail yard in Maschen, Germany on 6 August.

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An oil facility in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan, in September.

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The isolated Prirazlomnaya oil platform, off the coast of Russia, on 28 June.

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The world’s largest tyre graveyard at Sulaibiya, Kuwait on 4 June.

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The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay, on 12 March.

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