Moon and Mars in Google Maps

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Moon and Mars in Google Maps
Google Maps for desktop added 3D imagery for Moon and Mars. Just switch to the Earth view in the new Google Maps and zoom out until you see Moon and Mars at the bottom of the page or use these URLs: Moon (https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/) and Mars (https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/).

"Spin Mars and watch the atmosphere change around the red planet; tilt the Moon and imagine yourself gliding along its peaks and craters; and to brush up on your astro**my, click on one of the thousands of labeled topographic features," informs Google.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EOh1pwQm36s/U-PorbD2QVI/AAAAAAAB-t0/wE_fvkZ7Aq8/s1600/google-moon.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xCZDZ-L37Sg/U-Pord**u_I/AAAAAAAB-t4/F-KWmrhUmSQ/s1600/google-mars.png

Google still has the old standalone pages for Google Moon (http://www.google.com/moon/) and Google Mars (http://www.google.com/mars/) launched in 2009 and you can still use Google Earth to explore Moon (http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/moon.html) and Mars (http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/mars.html).

Here's a video about the new features:


http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GoogleOperatingSystem/~4/luvH41E2xFc