Google timelapse

The times, they are a-changin’–but a new Google time lapse project shows just how much the world’s geography is a-changin’ too, based on nearly 30 years of satellite imagery.

You can see the expansion of the Dubai coast with in-sea development in the past decades, the Saudi Arabia irrigation process, or the Las Vegas urban growth for a view of how we are changing the planet. More strikingly, see the Brazilian Amazon deforestation process, the Columbia Glacier retreat or the Lake Urmia in Iran drying up. All of them are available from Google’s Timelapse website.