A cool feature in Google Maps that folks may not know about...

[Princess Turandot]

Go to the Google Maps website, then change the view to 'Satellite'. Start zooming out to the planetary view of earth. Keep going until a menu pops up on the left, listing various planets and moons in the solar system. (Or, just click this link: https://goo.gl/oCrDeM )

They've used NASA's images to create globes of the rocky planets and certain moons. You can zoom close in to see high resolutions of many of them. The labels included are clickable, and provide information on the feature and the source of the name.

[KelleyKramer]

1. That is cool as all get out, wish I could rec 1000 times!

Had no idea about that

Thanks for posting this!

[SkyDaddy7]

2. WOW!!!

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[BigBearJohn]

3. Thanks so much for this. VERRRY cool.

[Martin Eden]

4. I knew it!

Google was devised by space aliens. We're all doomed!

[Pluvious]

5. Very cool to know, thanks !!

Also, using it in VR is amazing.

I've been "re-visiting" many places from past trips, it's pretty fun.

[TomSlick]

6. Thanks.

Very cool.

[lunatica]

7. Thats good to know!

I love good google maps!

You can also use them as GPS directions while you drive on the iPhone 6 Plus.

[WinstonSmith4740]

8. That was awesome!

Love it! Will definitely visit again. I hope they expand it to include the outer planets...I'd love to see what Saturn is like up close.

[paulkienitz]

9. thanks to you, I just learned

...that there are features on Charon named after Sulu, Uhura, the Serenity, the Nostromo, Gallifrey, and Darth Vader.

[emmadoggy]

10. I discovered this by accident one day!

Very cool!

[SCantiGOP]

11. Bookmarked this yesterday

Just checked it out and it is incredible.
Thanks so much for the post.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Oh poo, I can't send the little fellow down and get a street view of Mars

Nevertheless, that is pretty dman cool.

[MrModerate]

13. Well, that was cool. Thanks! n/t

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. Amazing!

That is incredibly cool, and I know just who to send this to!

[alfredo]

15. Where's Waldo makes an appearance on the left of the screen