I recently came across a very cool program along the lines of Google Earth, except this program lets you fly around and explore all manner of objects and places in outer space.
Here is a demo video I created from the built in demonstration mode within Celestia. I highly recommend that everyone download and try out Celestia.
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Real Time Flight Tracking in Google Earth
FBOWeb.com has created a very cool real-time flight tracking feature for Google Earth. Obviously, in order to try this out you’re going to need Google Earth (if you don’t yet have it, you can learn about and download it here.)
Essentially, FBOWeb’s servers update the status of all the aircraft coming into the following airports...
Free Google Pack Makes Life That Much Better
Google offers a great little download which I highly recommend. It includes several of Google’s best freeware offerings and, most importantly, an automated service to keep them all up to date.
Select the following link to download the package:
The Google Pack will automatically install Picasa, Google Earth, Google Desktop, Google Pack Screensaver, and the Toolbar...
Excellent Google Earth Demo Videos
I’m a big fan of Google Earth because frankly it lets you do things that no other software has ever allowed before. That, and the fact that it’s completely FREE! (Thanks Google!)
Google Earth will allow you to plan trips, see the planet from a satelite view, and generally waste time. It...
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Is amazing how human beings are able to conect with their natural environment and yet can’t even imagine the 1% of the trouble. Universe is incredible giant