Places In The News: Darfur

I have been trying for months to formulate a post that might capture your imagination about the ongoing situation in Darfur. If a picture says a thousand words, then a video says…

China Launches Olympic Satellite

In Bejing earlier this week, China has launched a second satellite in recent months. These satellites are being launched to better forecast the weather for the Summer 2008 Bejing Olympics. Obviously weather will be a factor in the Summer with the heat and outdoor activities. I expect the United States to dominate […]

Satellite View of Cyclone Nargis Flooding

We are all heart struck by the tragedy in Burma, where thousands have perished in a natural disaster. Satellite images have captured the cyclone in action in a series of several images shot from above.

By rolling your mouse over the images from left to right and you can see the progression of flooding and […]

Whole New World - Google Earth 4.3

In collaboration with Earth Day this year, Google has just released Google Earth 4.3. With this version, Google has completely rethought how we might interact with the 3D world. In redesigning the navigation to make it much easier to fly from the heavens down to the streets of your town, we can now get […]

April 22nd Earth Day Has Arrived!

As we have all been anticipating the grand arrival of Earth Day, it has finally come. For everyone who has been trying to shrink their environmental footprint and go greener than ever before, we can all hug a tree today. Some of the Googlers have come up with a great idea to allow […]