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Overview Timelapse: A New Book Documents Vast Changes to the Earth’s Surface by Human Hands

In a follow-up to the 2016 book Overview featuring stunning imagery of the Earth from above, Overview Timelapse: How We Change the Earth takes a critical look at the numerous ways humans have completely altered the surface of our planet in a very short time through urban development, climate change, and deforestation.

Overview founder Benjamin Grant and writer Timothy Dougherty have teamed up to examine some 250 new satellite images that capture the remarkable changes currently taking place all around us from a dramatic macro perspective.

Construction of the Beijing Daxing International Airport 2012-Present. Source image © Maxar Technologies

The Daily Overview is an immensely popular Instagram account started by Grant in 2013 that shares a fascinating overview photograph each day. Overview Timelapse is currently available for pre-order on Bookshop.

Wuhan hospital construction. Source image © Maxar Technologies
Tire graveyard. Source image © Nearmap
Brumadinho dam collapse. Source image © Maxar Technologies
Las Vegas city expansion. Source image courtesy of The European Space Agency
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