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Friday, 10 May 2013

28-year time lapse shows Earth's drastic changes



Brazilian Amazon deforestation
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  • Brazilian Amazon deforestation
  • Columbia Glacier retreat
  • Dubai coastal expansion
  • Lake Urmia drying up
  • Las Vegas growth
  • Saudia Arabia irrigation
  • Wyoming coal mining
Using annual Landsat satellite imagery captured since 1984, Google has created dramatic composites depicting our changing world, the death and growth of natural lands, and humans' impact on the landscape.

The animated GIFs show development and destruction pulsing like a living being, with forests receding, water evaporating, and cities growing. Las Vegas crawls across the desert and construction is booming, while the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, seen here, and glaciers disappear before your eyes.
    May 9, 2013 1:56 PM PDT
    Photo by: Google/USGS/Landsat
    | Caption by: James Martin

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