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Time flies: Google Earth Timelapse feature shows your town change over 37 years

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FILE - NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this stunning view of the Americas on Earth Day, April 22, 2014. (NASA/NOAA/GOES Project)Google Earth has fascinated millions as it can show someone locations across the globe in great detail.

Now, just in time for Earth Day on April 22, Google Earth allows users to use a time-lapse feature to show how the Earth has changed over 37 years — from a global view down to their neighborhood. "With Timelapse in Google Earth, 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years have been compiled into an interactive 4D experience.

Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change," according to a blog post from Google.

The world has certainly changed over the past three decades and the time-lapse feature is meant to highlight the rapid environmental changes impacting the planet and potentially spark ideas to combat climate change, the blog post continued.

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