Mount Cleveland

Mt. Cleveland is a 1730-m-high (ft) volcano in the Aleutian Islands.

Open in Google Earth

Crab Nebula Animation

Created by Joey P. Wade


The Crab Nebula is the result of a supernova explosion. It is located over 6000 light years from our planet. Slides from a YouTube video have been overlaid and animated inside Google Sky.

Open in Google Earth

Source: http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmapfiles%2Fmapplets%2Fearthgallery%2FCrab_Nebula_Animation.xml

Exploding Star Animation

Space Telescope Science Institute

These Hubble Space Telescope images show an animation of the explosion of a star called V838 Mon. You will need to switch to Sky in Google Earth 4.2 to view this content.


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Source: http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmapfiles%2Fmapplets%2Fearthgallery%2FExploding_Star_Animation.xml

360 Cities

360cities.net is the Virtual Reality network offering its entire collection of fully spherical views in the PhotoOverlay format on Google Earth 4.2. It allows you to browse panoramas from all over the world in Google Earth's three-dimensional environment.

Open in Internet Explorer (Recommended)

Open in Google Earth (Might take long)

Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic Ice Cap shrinks to record size.

Open in Google Earth

Open in Google Maps

Source: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?

Australia's National Pollutant Inventory

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a publicly accessible database containing information on the types and amounts of pollutants being emitted to the Australian environment.

Open in Google Earth

Open in Google Maps

Source: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/938433/an/0/page/0#938433

IceTrek iceberg tracks

Explore the lifecycle of drifting Antarctic icebergs, and watch photos from instruments riding on the bergs

Open in Google Earth (KMZ, 6.7 MB)


Source: http://nsidc.org/data/virtual_globes/