Jiansen Lu
Go to the Moon in Google Earth
August 1st 2009 02:20
We see and hear about it every day in the news and radio. But imagine traveling and touring the moon yourself. While that isn’t possible yet, the next best thing is Google Earth’s virtual moon, which provides an interactive and feature-packed add-on to their Google Earth software. This free add-on allows users to immerse themselves into a hands-on experience of the moon, and can be found in version 5.0 [or higher] releases of Google Earth.
"With Google Earth, young explorers around the world can bounce around the galaxy in Sky, fly to Mars and now visit the moon from wherever they may be."
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their first steps on the moon, pulling the US ahead in the space race and creating the basis for manned space exploration. Today, using Google Earth you can retrace their steps in a variety of guided tours, points of interest’s, and human artifacts. The experience is supplemented with a variety of high resolution pictures, videos, as well as panoramas of the moon’s surface.
"Moon in Google Earth enables you to explore lunar imagery as well as informational content about the Apollo landing sites, panoramic images shot by the Apollo astronauts, narrated tours and much more."
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