Sundar Pichai On New Google Earth Feature: "24 Million Photos, 37 Years"

In what is being called as the biggest update to Google Earth in the last four years, the new "Timelapse feature" has compiled 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years "into an interactive 4D experience" to show the "rapid environmental change" the planet has gone through, Google CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted on Thursday.  Our planet has seen rapid environmental change in the past half-century -- more than any other point in human history. The new Timelapse feature in @GoogleEarth compiles 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years into an interactive 4D experience.https://t.co/zDfp7Wn1umpic.twitter.com/wCR7JmIIub The new feature enables users to watch the past four decades unfold on their screens. Mr Pichai uploaded a 37-second video that shows the changes the Columbia Glacier in US state of Alaska has witnessed since 1984.  "Our planet has seen rapid environmental change in the past half-century -- more than any other point in human history. The new Timelapse feature in @GoogleEarth compiles 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years into an interactive 4D experience (sic)," he tweeted. He also shared a link to a blog post that further explains the feature.