Friday, February 27, 2009

Mount Cleveland

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


Thursday, January 15, 2009

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.


Open in Google Earth

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