Umhlaba wethu utshintshile kakhulu, ngakumbi kule minyaka ingama-40 idlulileyo okanye iminyaka. Kunzima ukubona ukuba ungakanani xa usima emhlabeni.

Ngaphandle kobungqina obandayo, basekhona abantu abaninzi abaluphikayo utshintsho lwemozulu, olwenza ukuba kube nzima kakhulu kwihlabathi ukuzama ukusombulula le ngxaki, okanye ubuncinci kuthintele umonakalo weplanethi.

Ukulindela uSuku loMhlaba, uGoogle Earth usungule uhlaziyo lwayo olukhulu kunye nolona lubalulekileyo ukusukela ngo-2017. Isici esitsha seTimelapse - esenziwe ngokubambisana ne-NASA, i-Arhente yeSithuba saseYurophu, kunye neminye imibutho- ibonisa ukuba iplanethi itshintshe kangakanani kwezine zokugqibela. amashumi eminyaka (phakathi kwee-1980s zangoku kunye ngoku).

'Iplanethi yethu ibone utshintsho olukhawulezileyo lokusingqongileyo kule minyaka-idlulileyo-ngaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na enye indawo kwimbali yoluntu. Uninzi lwethu luye lwafumana olu tshintsho kwiindawo esihlala kuzo, utshilo uRebecca Moore, umlawuli, uGoogle Earth, Injini yoMhlaba kunye nokuFikelela, kwingxelo. 'Mna ngokwam bendiphakathi kwamawaka abantu baseCalifornia abasuswe emakhayeni abo ngexesha lomlilo wasendle kunyaka ophelileyo. Abanye abantu, iimpembelelo zotshintsho lwemozulu ziziva zingenakwenzeka kwaye zikude, njengokunyibilika komkhenkce kunye nokubuya komkhenkce. '

NgeTimelapse, utshintsho luthe ngqo kwaye alunakuphikwa phambi kwakho. uphando uqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-24 yezigidi zemifanekiso yesathelayithi ukusuka ngo-1984 ukuya ku-2020 kwaye wayifaka kwiGoogle Earth ngenqaku elitsha. Ngale mifanekiso, kulula ukuba umsebenzisi abone ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukukhula kwedolophu, ukunyibilika komkhenkce, kunye nokutshintsha konxweme ngenxa yokuncipha okanye ukunyuka kwenqanaba lamanzi. Bonke obu bubungqina obubonakalayo botshintsho lwemozulu, zombini njengendalo kunye nangenelelo longenelelo lomntu, ngokwe-Google.

Ayisiyiyo kuphela into yokuba umntu asebenzise uGoogle Earth ukubona utshintsho olukhawulezileyo lwenzeka ngoku kwiplanethi yethu, iTimelapse ikwasebenza njengesixhobo sootitshala, izazinzulu, kunye nabenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, nabo. 'I-Timelapse kwiGoogle Earth imalunga nokujonga ngaphandle ukuvavanya impilo kunye nokuphila kwekhaya lethu kuphela, kwaye sisixhobo esinokufundisa kwaye sikhuthaze isenzo,' wongeze watsho uMore.

Sebenzisa i-Timelapse, yiya ngqo kwiwebhusayithi yoMhlaba kaGoogle, apho unokusebenzisa ibha yokukhangela ukufumana nayiphi na indawo kwiplanethi apho ufuna ukubona olu tshintsho lukhulu. Okanye, vula uGoogle Earth kwaye ucofe kwinqanawa nakwivili lokufumana iTimelapse kwiGoogle & apos; iqonga lokubalisa amabali, uVoyager, ukubona ukhenketho olukhokelwayo. Kukho ngaphezulu kweevidiyo ezingama-800-2-D kunye nee-3-D ezisimahla ezisetyenziselwa uluntu kwi-intanethi , yokukhuphela, okanye yokuhambisa ngokulula Youtube .

UGoogle uzimisele ukuhlaziya i-Timelapse ngemifanekiso engakumbi minyaka le. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya, ndwendwela i- Ibhlog kaGoogle okanye undwendwele Ixesha lephepha kwiGoogle Earth .

UAndrea Romano ngumbhali ozimeleyo kwisiXeko saseNew York. Mlandele kuTwitter @theandrearomano.