First look at Google Earth 5

Yesterday Google announced a new version of Google Earth. Therefore it is a good time to play a bit with it. One of the new features that I was very curious about is Historical Imagery. You can turn back the time for a moment and see how some places looked before. However, the quality of the pictures and datum to which you can go back depends on the place. For European locations it starts usually after year 2000, 1999 for London. (But we can admire Sun Francisco from 1946.)

Here is an example of a building Golden Terraces in Warsaw...

19.07.02

04.06.03

18.10.06

now

Historical Imagery seems to be very interesting ,but the most famous novelty is Ocean View. Now we can  dive into to the ocean, see the under sea terrain in 3D or explore new data points placed under water surface. I would recommend visiting Galapagos Region.

The last look at the island Pico...

...and jump

Btw: two shots of Building 3D View from Lisbon.

Mosteiros dos Jeronimos

Campo Pequeno.

More information about other new features, like 3D Mars and Tourning, on Offiicial Google Blog and Lat Long Blog