New Prospectives of an Old World

Google Earth has given me so much more understanding of the geography of our earth throughout this semester!  One thing I can tell you for sure is that through the manipulation of the browser's angle, you can experience God's wonderful earth in a way you have never before! 

I chose a couple different images to exhibit a new prospective on our wonderful world.

The first image I selected is primarily of my home state, Alaska.  

I used Google Earth to adjust the view to display the close proximity in which Russia is in relation to Alaska.  It is interesting because after growing up looking at maps which are usually cut off between Russia and Alaska, we forget how small the Bearing Strait really is.  This map's topography also displays the high elevation of both Alaska and Russia, especially in the area around the Aleutian Chain (an island chain off the South West coast of Alaska). I had never known that this area of Alaska was so mountainous.  I now realize that there must be tectonic plates here to influence the topography of the region.  

This map also displays North East Russia's size in comparison with Alaska.  I did not realize that this portion of Russia is quite a bit smaller than The Great Frontier, until I witnessed this nice juxtaposition.  It is so interesting to view this familiar part of the world from this unique, new view point!

It is so interesting to see the prospective of Alaska from Russia as well.  It is strange to think that I have never looked at Alaska from this point of view, and neither have I looked at North East Russia in comparison to Alaska.   I never knew that the Aleutians stretched that close to Russia either.  There are so many new and wonderful things I learn about our world everyday, especially since I am in this Geography class!