Here is a time-lapse journey through the Panama Canal from the Pacific to Atlantic Ocean on board a cruise ship. The video comes courtesy of CruiseJournals.com.
If you have Google Earth installed follow this link to open and explore the Panama Canal. If you don’t have it yet get the Google Pack. It’s free and highly entertaining.
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Panama Canal Time Lapse Video
Ok. People are going to think I’m obsessed with the Panama Canal pretty soon since I already featured this other video of crossing the canal.
The difference is, the previous video followed just one boat’s journey through the canal, and this video is fixed and shows tons and tons of boats actually going...
650 Foot Long Horse Earth Sculpture
Over in the UK there is a 650 foot long earth sculpture of a running horse called Sultan the Pit Pony. It’s an amazing piece of work, and it’s perfect for viewing three dimensionally in Google Earth.
If you don’t yet have it installed, use my Google Pack link to get it, then...
Aurora Borealis Time Lapse Video
Auroras are caused by the collision of charged particles in the magnetosphere with atoms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
These charged particles are energized to levels between 1,000 and 15,000 electron-volts and as they collide with atoms of gases in the atmosphere the atoms become energized, then emit their energy as light.
For those of us...
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That is just fascinating! I have found myself so uneducated about the Panama Canal – I really think the schools don’t cover it enough. I was amazed, as an adult, to really find out more about it. And these videos have really helped me to understand more! Awesome!
The Google Earth link was great, too! I haven’t opened up Google Earth in a long time!