Love from above. Satellite images reveal that love is all around us.

Love and geography go together well! These satellite images from TerraServer.com reveal that love is all around us.

1. Galešnjak Island, Croatia

Image taken on 2016-10-31, 43.9785357, 15.3811181

2. Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Raipur, India

Image taken on 2016-11-03, 21.210944,81.8106802

3. Heart of Voh, New Caledonia

Image taken on 2016-08-07, -20.9368846, 164.654972

4. Three heart-shaped ponds near the Halmstad Airport, Sweden

Image taken on 2015-08-20, 56.679884, 12.812780

5. Heart Lake, Canada

Image taken on 2016-10-10, 45.0189738,-76.9007247

6. Heart Shaped Field in Kingswood, UK

Image taken on 2016-08-30, 51.607267, -2.386522

7. Heart-shaped pond in Strongsville, Ohio

Image taken on 2016-08-03, 41.303921,-81.901693

8. Heart-Shaped Island-South Korea

Image taken on 2015-03-08, 34.781691, 127.557114

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