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English: Timelapse of Lake Urmia using satellites. The lake has shrunk to 10% of its former size. The lake has shrunk to 10% of its former size. At its greatest extent, it was the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on the planet.
Map of the Tularosa Basin (light blue) and its landmarks, in southern New Mexico and West Texas, U.S. White gypsum sand and Yucca (Yucca elata) plants, in Tularosa Basin at White Sands National Park. The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the Basin and Range Province and within the Chihuahuan Desert , east of the Rio Grande in southern New ...
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
A new Google Earth tool shows the effects of climate change, very visually, just about anywhere in the world – from encroaching deserts, to rising sea levels, to disappearing glaciers – over ...
Yucca decipiens Trel. [3] is a large, branching member of the Asparagaceae, native to north-central Mexico from Durango to San Luís Potosí. It is evergreen, up to 20 feet (6 m) tall, growing at elevations of 1500–2000 m in the mountains. Common name is "palma china," which means "Chinese palm."
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal ...
Photos uploaded to the site were accessible as a layer in Google Earth and Google Maps. [1] [2] The site's goal was to allow Google Earth users to learn more about a given area by viewing the photos that other users had taken at that location. [1] Panoramio was acquired by Google in 2007. In 2009 the website was among the 1000 most popular ...