Google Earth 5.0 is here!

I didn't even know that a new version was due out, but here it is. There are some outstanding new features, too. Check out the Historical imagery slider and watch as an area changes over time. Or the Ocean layer where you can watch video of some of Jacques Cousteau's dives in the National Geographic videos. And, it's now as easy as clicking a button to record your tours of Google Earth.

Did you catch that last part? You can record your time that you spend in Google Earth and save it (in a KML file) that you can share with friends. That video will even show the placemark pins that you open , or those you create. Imagine the kinds of projects your students can do now!

Run over (again) to the gearth blog to read more about these new features. I'd LOVE to see some of the tours that you create.

This kind of thing changes EVERYTHING about how we approach teaching earth science, doesn't it?