Hello my dear friends,
It’s been a long time since we all could travel the world. Yes, it is depressing, yes, it makes us feel powerless. But there is one thing apart from Google Maps, which can help us continue to do virtual discoveries and even see our favorite places in 3D - it is Google Earth 
It is been already a second month for me analyzing the Earth terrain for my environmental-art project and literary the Earth never stops wondering me, nor stops the Google Earth.
Did you know, that you can see 25 years of NASA’s research on Earth’s light patterns via Google Earth?
On the picture below you may see the light patterns over Europe and Middle East. It is fascinating on all those sparkles of light, which we (the humanity) are creating each night.
Screenshot via Google Earth. The major consolidation of light on the picture includes: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Baku, Tehran, Cairo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Tel-Aviv, London, Munich, Milan, Turin, Paris, Athens, Ankara, Istanbul, Rome, Prague, Warsaw, Sofia…
Did you know, that you may virtually fly to some distant places, you could hardly imagine?
On the picture below you can see the beautiful terrain of Tibet lake region, sugar powdered by the snow.
Screenshot via Google Earth. Remote area of Tibet
Or you may see the former volcanic traces in the Sahara desert.
Screenshot via Google Earth. Ferromanganese rocks of Chad
Did you know, that you can even explore the collection of more than 1400 volcanos, which are grouped into one project by Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program via Google Earth?
Screenshot via Google Earth. “10 000 years of Volcanos” project indicating Earths active volcanos.
Did you also know, that you can explore rivers, glaciers, lakes, salt lakes, deserts, mountains, forests any kind of breathtaking terrain? You can even see the super-bloom of flowers, like massive blooming tulip fields in Netherlands, or experience watching super foliage in autumn 
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Screenshot via Google Earth. Isar river in Bavaria, Germany during fall season.
And the list of what you can find fascinating on our planet is limitless. Normally, traveling was always my second nature and now during the pandemic, when everything has stopped and slowed down, I felt really sad. I could not make photographs of the places, I liked so much. But the Google Earth helped me a lot, giving this sense of traveling. In the matter of the seconds I can be on the other side of the world and literally in any place I can imagine.
Sincerely,
Diana Nekho
