While these pictures are beautifully shot, I always find it interesting in similar pictorials of "Earth" that the U.S. is often represented by long tracts of houses in suburbia, or a system of byzantine highways. You'd think the entire U.S. population lives in houses that look the same and we all sit in heavy traffic each day. In fact, the same could be said for other pictures here as well; many just seem to promote existing stereotypes vs. the unique beauty that every one of these countries possesses.
I agree /w what you're saying. But at the same time, speaking for the US audience, many of the really unique and breathtaking sights here are fairly played out at this point (How many awesome pictures of the Grand Canyon have you seen?) Whereas Kyrgyzstan and Peru are completely new to me.
How about pictures of Detroit from above? Especially the areas where nature is starting to reclaim parts of the city. That would be a different view than the 'pre-packaged suburbs' image.
