Explore our changing planet in the Google Earth update

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According to Google, over the past 15 years, billions of people have turned to Google Earth to explore our planet from all angles. You may have seen Mount Everest or flown over your hometown. Since Google Earth launched, the company has focused on creating a 3D replica of the world that captures our planet in stunning detail, with features that are fun and empower everyone to make a positive difference .



In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, you can see our planet in a whole new dimension: time. With Google Earth’s Timelapse technology, 24 million satellite images from the past 37 years are combined into an interactive 4D experience. Now anyone can watch time pass by and witness nearly four decades of planetary change.

Over the past half century, our planet has experienced rapid environmental change — more than at any other time in human history. Many of us have experienced these changes firsthand; for others, the effects of climate change seem abstract and distant, like melting glaciers. With Timelapse in Google Earth, we can get a clearer picture of how our planet is changing — a feature that shows not just the problems but also the solutions, as well as amazing natural phenomena that have occurred over decades.



To explore Timelapse in Google Earth, go to g.co/Timelapse—using the kenya number data convenient search bar, you can select any place on the planet where you want to see time in motion.

Or, open Google Earth and click on the ship's wheel icon to find Timelapse on the Voyager platform and view interactive tours. Google has also uploaded over 800 Timelapse videos in both 2D and 3D formats for public use at g.co/TimelapseVideos . You can select any video as an MP4 video or watch the video on YouTube .



rainforest they call home in Rondônia, Brazil



The formation of agriculture in the middle of the desert in Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia

Understand the causes of changes on Earth
Google worked with experts at Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab to create time-lapse technology. The result is five themes: changing forests, growing cities, warming temperatures, energy sources, and the fragile beauty of our world. Google Earth will tell you about each theme to help you better understand them.