Google Updates Features In Google Earth & Sky Images
The Google LatLong Blog announced they have updated Sky in Google Earth with new content, features and API integrations.
To see Google Sky, click “Switch to Sky” from the “view” drop-down menu in Google Earth, or click the Sky button on the Google Earth toolbar.
Here is a list of new features and content that can be found in the new Google Sky:
- Featured observatories: images from NASA observatory satellites including x-ray images from NASA’s Chandra satellite; infrared images by the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS); ultraviolet images by the GALEX Satellite; and a microwave map of the sky by the Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP).
- Earth & Sky Podcasts: Podcasts about stars, galaxies, planets and events coming up in the sky from the NPR program Earth and Sky.
- Current Sky Events: Contains timely updates on recent cosmological events from VOEventNet.