The surface of Titan seen so far is a mosaic of bright, or rugged, regions bordering dark expanses where the terrain is generally smooth and may include lakes of liquid methane and ethane.
In Antarctica, ice is almost geological in its expanse and its time scale.
Its expanse of glaciers, lava fields and mountains are alluring yet harsh and inhospitable.
Canvas gets bunched up on and around frames, sometimes slipping its mooring, paint joyfully brushed across its expanse.
The interior, with its expanses of unremarkable plastic trim, is a bit disappointing by comparison.
In parts of KwaZulu-Natal Province, a fertile expanse bordering the Indian Ocean, the jockeying approaches low-level guerrilla warfare.
China borders an expanse of Russia, eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, an area with some 16 million inhabitants.
In the immediate vicinity of the building is the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which is bordered by the broad expanse of Holyrood Park.
The first wave of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border started arriving in 1986 and now refugee camps dot the border over an expanse of more than 500 km.
The lack of artwork on its wide expanse of wall gives it a stark look.
Covering a huge swathe of Corrientes province, near the BrazilianandParaguay borders, it's a vast expanse of reedbeds and floating grasses, with a few stretches of openwater and about 370 species of birds, as well as otters, monkeys, anteaters, caimans and anacondas.
