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Google, Time launch Timelapse showing planetary changes over 25 years

Google, Time Magazine, NASA and the US Geological Survey (USGS) have teamed up to create a portal showing how much the planet has changed over the past 25 years.
Google, Time launch Timelapse showing planetary changes over 25 years

The interactive timelapse portal uses photos from NASA's Landsat programme collected over the past quarter of a century and highlights the impact humankind has had on places such as Dubai, the Amazon, Las Vegas and the Columbia Glacier.

Each section serves up a little information on the area, with a slider covering the time period and allows you to zoom in and out of them.

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About Stuart Thomas

Stuart Thomas is a senior reporter at www.memeburn.com.
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