Google Earth’s Timelapse shows four decades of planetary change
Google Earth’s Timelapse has been updated for Earth Month to include new imagery from 2021 and 2022.
The 4D interactive map, made from millions of satellite photos, allows you to watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change from 1984 to 2022. More than 800 Timelapse videos for 300 locations are currently available.
From researchers to teachers, anyone can use these videos to better understand our changing planet.
Timelapse is a global, zoomable time-lapse video of the planet, providing evidence of earth’s dynamic changes — from irrigation systems emerging in the deserts of Egypt and meandering rivers shifting over time in the Amazon rainforest in Pucallpa, Peru to volcanic eruptions, logging and wildfires changing the landscape of California’s Lassen National Forest. The imagery also captures ways cities have adapted to combat climate change — like offshore wind farms in Middelgrunden, Denmark and a large-scale solar installation in Granada, Spain.
This imagery was used to convey the devastation of deforestation across the Amazon and its effect on local communities in the 2022 documentary The Territory.
Check out the updated visualisation today in Google Earth at g.co/timelapse, and on YouTube via g.co/timelapsevideos.
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