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Google Earth is evolving and changing constantly. New and improved versions have been developed since the first offering of Google Earth in 2006. It offers the user links to the real world through a virtual one as well as the ability to connect to any place and any event around the world.  Check out the new version which can be downloaded here: Google Earth 5.0. 

Please note, that during the construction of these pages (September 2009) we are now aware (as of 08/09/09) GE 5.1 Beta has now been released so keep an eye out for this version in the coming months and click the following link to read more about GE 5.1 from the Google Earth Blog site.

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Google Earth 5.0 not only allows the user to view the planet in 3D it also enable them to visit the moon, the landing sites of the Apollo missions - guided by the astronauts themselves, the spacecrafts, the footprints and it even allows decades of historical images and information to be accessed.  As with a visit to the moon, users can see global changes here on Earth, while also seeing decades of historic images and information.  The melting ice caps, coastal erosion and other environmental issues that affect the planet can be viewed and compared, with Google Earth 5.0.

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One of the most exciting features of Google Earth 5.0 is the ability of the user to 'dive' below the oceans surface and travel to the oceans floor. The BBC, National Geographic and others provide informational content in partnership with Google Earth. This allows the user to garner as much information as they can on everything from exploring shipwrecks in 3D, such as the Titanic or travelling to the Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the ocean.

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With Google Earth 5.0 you take a tour around the world and record your travels, which can be personalised by adding music and narration.  Google Earth 5.0 enables the user to fly to anywhere in the world, lunar surface and you can also visit the Red Planet, Mars.

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Interactive tours of the surface of Mars, narrated by Public Radio's (USA) Ira Flatow or Bill Nye, the Science Guy, are accessible.  Users can also view images that are downloaded from NASA just hours beforehand.  You can follow the tracks of the Mars Rovers, while searching for famous Martian landmarks and learning more about Mars through historical imagery & information.

Unlike previous versions, Google Earth 5.0, now allows for viewing of the Sky, with the Sky Feature.  This turns the perspective of looking at the Earth form outer space to being able to view distant galaxies and other wonders of the 'heavens', with images form the Hubble Telescope, which can lead to learning more about stars and planets in our own solar system. Click here to learn more about Sky.

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