Google Sky

There is a relatively new version of Google Earth about and it has an exciting new feature or two. Google Sky allows you to view the sky over any location in the world and discover the fascinations of astronomy. There are some really cool educational aspects to this particularly in the understanding of the passage of the moon across the sky. Google Sky is an add on to the original. You need to download the latest version and then you get an extra button on the button bar which is amazing. Just go and see.

Hidden away in the new version of Google Earth there is also a flight simulator.á Once you've started it all up, then all you have to do is hit Ctrl+Alt+A (if you're running OS X it's Command+Option+A; some people have reported that Ctrl+A or Ctrl+Windows+A work when the standard Ctrl+Alt+A does not). You must be in Earth mode (i.e. not Sky mode) for this to work .