We often feature some of the amazing images from the NASA Earth Observatory on our site, and they've recently published a post that gives some additional insight on how learn more about any satellite … [Read more...]
Tracking the Rim Fire in Google Earth
August 26, 2013
The "Rim Fire" in the western United States has expanded greatly after hitting Yosemite National Park, spreading in a massive blaze of over 125,000 acres. InciWeb has some amazing maps of the fire, … [Read more...]
The ice of Mount Everest
August 12, 2013
We've looked at Mount Everest in Google Earth a number of times, including when Street View reached the mountain and the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent. The amazing size of … [Read more...]
News roundup: Eiffel Tower Street View, new Maps for all, Royal Gorge Bridge
July 17, 2013
Some fun news stories for today: The Eiffel Tower is in Street View To go along with all of the Street View imagery that Google has been adding lately, they just added imagery from the Eiffel Tower … [Read more...]
The Bingham Canyon Mine landslide in Google Earth
June 18, 2013
Back in April, the Bingham Canyon Mine was home to the largest non-volcanic landslide in the history of North America, when nearly 70 million cubic meters of dirt and rock collapsed into the pit. The … [Read more...]
The amazing colors of Laguna Verde, Argentina
May 30, 2013
The NASA Earth Observatory site shares many incredible images with us, and this image of Laguna Verde in northwest Argentina is amazing! The various colors of the water are due to a variety of … [Read more...]
Exploring historical imagery with Google Timelapse
May 9, 2013
The historical imagery feature of Google Earth is an amazing tool, allowing you to browse imagery from a handful of different years for any given location on earth. Google has recently been working … [Read more...]
The ash emissions from Mount Etna
April 30, 2013
Mount Etna in Sicily is a beautiful mountain, and has seen an increase in volcanic activity in 2013. Captured on April 18 by NASA's EO-1 satellite, the image below shows the mountain in it's eleventh … [Read more...]
Great imagery of the Sakurajima Volcano in Japan
February 1, 2013
With more than 680,000 residents within a few kilometers of it, scientists keep a close eye on Japan's Sakurajima Volcano. A few weeks ago a new advisory was put out for the volcano and an image was … [Read more...]
Viewing the ash plume from the Shiveluch Volcano
October 9, 2012
Just a few days ago we talked about some of the great volcanoes that can be seen in Google Earth. Almost on cue, the NASA Earth Observatory has released some amazing imagery of the Shiveluch Volcano … [Read more...]