Terrains
Eleven very different places to stand. On Earth: a steaming rainforest, a sea of dunes, a river of ice, fresh lava, a coral island, the open ocean and the Serengeti. Beyond it: the grey dust of the Moon, the red plains of Mars, the cracked ice of Europa and the cloud tops of a planet with no ground at all. Read how each one works, then land there and look around in 3D.
- Amazon rainforest, Brazil
Jungle
The layered, dripping green heart of the tropics
Layered rainforest, a muddy river and drifting spores - Erg Chebbi, Sahara
Desert
Sand seas, bare rock and the art of surviving without water
Wind-carved dunes with sharp crests and long shadows - Aletsch Glacier, Swiss Alps
Glacier
Rivers of ancient ice that flow, crack and remember
A river of blue ice between granite peaks - Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi
Volcano
Black lava, glowing rivers of rock and the ground being made anew
Black lava fields, a glowing lava lake and steaming vents - Moʻorea, French Polynesia
Tropical beach & reef
White sand, turquoise lagoons and the living cities of the coral reef
White sand, leaning palms and a lagoon to dive into - Open Pacific, over a seamount
Ocean & underwater
Blue water, sunken mountains and the dark depths below
Dive the blue onto a reef-capped seamount full of life - Serengeti, Tanzania
Savanna
Endless grass, flat-topped acacias and the greatest wildlife show on Earth
Golden grass, umbrella acacias, granite kopjes and herds - Turku Archipelago, Finland
Archipelago
Tens of thousands of ice-polished granite islands in the calm, brackish Baltic
Ice-polished granite skerries and pine islets in calm Baltic water - Geirangerfjord, Norway
Fjords
Drowned glacial valleys between kilometre-high walls and roaring waterfalls
A deep glacial fjord between kilometre-high walls and waterfalls - Taurus–Littrow valley, the Moon
The Moon's surface
Grey dust, ancient craters and a black sky with Earth hanging in it
Grey regolith, craters and Earth in a black sky - Jezero crater, Mars
Mars surface
Rusty dust, a butterscotch sky and the dried-up rivers of a younger world
Rust-red plains, an ancient river delta and dust devils - Europa, moon of Jupiter
Europa's ice
A cracked shell of ice over a hidden ocean, under the giant face of Jupiter
Cracked ice ridges under a sky filled by Jupiter - Jupiter's cloud tops
Gas giant clouds
A world with no ground, only deeper and deeper cloud
Drifting cloud decks, lightning and a giant storm