But Earth’s rotation could change by a millisecond — which is .001 seconds — or two every day. Also, the orbit of the moon can have an effect on how fast the Earth spins.

So, I asked Joey Wade, who has done lots of time animations with Google Earth, to create an animation with the model. He quickly agreed, and now you can see this cool 3D Sky animation which I’m ...

Directed by Jean-Paul Mertinez and co-produced by Meena Khera, “Love the Earth” employs wildlife modeling, real-time animation, lush 3D environments and immersive sound design.

James Stafford, better known at the Google Earth Community as “Barnabu”, certainly gets kudos (5 globes from me) for continuing to innovate ways to use 3D models, time animation, and other ...