Guyana: Through NASA World Wind and Google Earth

Alongside Google, NASA has played a key role in reshaping our understanding of planet Earth and its position in our universe. Yet, is it still possible in the twenty-first century to have unexplored territory? Being integrated into the Amazon Rainforest ensures the possibility that potential new discoveries are certain in our future versus a figment of our past. Only by understanding the world we live in can we truly understand the role of lifeforms elsewhere.

NASA World Wind image of the Guyana region within South America

With so much foliage, what mysteries lie unearthed?

View Location:  3°58’25.75" N  59°20’21.33" W

Yet, deforestation still exists. Is it truly necessary to new discoveries by reshaping the environment it rests within?

Alternative approaches lead to alternative results. Hard work by a similar brush paints a picture where both the discoverer and the environment can co-exist.

 

Uitvlugt, Guyana: Through Google Earth

Very few people are able to travel across planet Earth. Thanks to advances in satellite imaging, doing so without leaving your seat, has become a reality. Yet, faces become blurred as distant photographs fail to capture the unique travel experience, but in this global realm where connectivity is weaving more stories from citizens around the world, exploring once foreign lands has become a tool in the process of educating others about a planet and its people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guyana: Formerly British Guiana

Eastern Coast of South America

View Location:  6°50’26.15" N  58°17’10.51" W

Looking at Uitvlugt the separation of land is evident by the rectangular, and at times triangular, plots of agricultural land. 

North of this region inhabitants dwell close to a sea wall that acts as a barrier between them and the unruly waves of the Atlantic Ocean.