This layer contains highly informative, multimedia-enhanced data about various places around the planet, overlaid on Google Earth imagery. So now you can not only see high-resolution satellite imagery, but also read detailed information from various sources. See this animation to learn how to use the layer. Overlays in this release of Featured Content for Google Earth include:
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) – includes successive time-stamped images illustrating 100 areas of extreme environmental degradation around the world.

• Discovery Networks World Tour – enables you to take a virtual tour of major world landmarks, cities, and natural wonders through Google Earth.

• Jane Goodall Institute – you can visit Flirt and the other Gombe preserve chimpanzees and follow their daily exploits with the Institute’s "geo-blog" in Google Earth.

• National Geographic – this features articles, pictures, live webcams and more around the world from National Geographic.

• Tracks 4 Africa - Community generated map data across part of Africa along with photographs and interesting snippets about various places.

• Spotlight on Africa - Flags and snippets of information about the 53 sovereign nations of Africa

• Rumsey Historical Maps - Historical maps around the world spanning from year 1680 to 1892, including a Map of Africa from 1787.

• European Space Agency – More satellite imagery of beautiful places and phenomena around the world

• The Geographic Web layer contains similar content contributed by various user communities around the world, such as Wikipedia and Panoramio.

Learn more: Google Earth