Forty years ago today, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as the crew of Apollo 11 took the first human steps on the surface of the Moon. In celebration of this historic occasion, Google is launching Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the Moon, viewable with Google Earth 5.0.
Site for media can be viewed here including videos: https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/mooningoogleearth/
To experience Moon in Google Earth, open Google Earth 5.0 and switch modes from 'Earth' to 'Moon' on the top toolbar. Google Earth 5.0 can be downloaded at http://earth.google.com/moon.
For more information, have a look at our blog posts on the Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/explore-moon-in-google-earth.html and the Google Lat Long blog http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/07/fly-yourself-to-moon.html.
Site for media can be viewed here including videos: https://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/mooningoogleearth/
To experience Moon in Google Earth, open Google Earth 5.0 and switch modes from 'Earth' to 'Moon' on the top toolbar. Google Earth 5.0 can be downloaded at http://earth.google.com/moon.
For more information, have a look at our blog posts on the Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/explore-moon-in-google-earth.html and the Google Lat Long blog http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/07/fly-yourself-to-moon.html.
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