Google Earth- U.S. Cities in Day and Night

Google Earth 4.3 has a feature of changing the time, along with it the sun moves, which in turn changes the lighting into day and night!

In conclusion, Google Earth 4.3 has a sunrise and sunset feature where you can see both day and night!

This video portrays a full day of many major U.S. cities, showing the way the sun would rise and set everyday in that certain location. This feature is extremely lifelike, showing how the sunlight affects the shadows on the buildings.

Cities in this video include:
-San Francisco
-Los Angeles
-New York City
-Boston
-Chicago
-New Orleans
-Miami
-Washington, D.C.
-Las Vegas
-Denver

Some people have problems with this feature! Althought I am lucky and mine worked correctly, I have searched and found some possible points of interest when it comes to fixing the feature.
-You need DirectX 8.1 or greater. You can search some sites including the Microsoft Download Center, and try installing the newest version of DirectX your computer can support.
-Update your drivers. Any graphic drivers/video cards should be updated to avoid problems.
-Change your options/settings. Mess around with the options regarding the feature. Who knows?, maybe you'll trigger it to work!
-Last Resort: Purchase a new graphic card. Check out if your computer can handle the new version of Google Earth. Look at the system requirements. Chances are, you might neeed a graphics card upgrade.
Sorry, but this is all I know regarding the troubleshooting needed to fix the feature on Google Earth 4.3. Try to search other sites to find out what other methods there are needed to fix the problem. There is a "Google Earth Help Center" website which I'm sure will provide any information!

The song is:
Mountain Energy by The Fall
*I had to AudioSwap and the choices suck!

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• google
• earth
• version
• 4.3
• map
• computer
• pc
• sunlight
• space
• light
• day
• night
• dark
• shadow
• time
• cities
• satellite
• 3d
• buildings

[hyperhead68]

i wanna know who is the band?

[Teuszie]

"Mountain Energy" by The Fall

[mmX1995]

I cant see the sun in google earth 5.0 :(

why is that ? :(

[Teuszie]

It might be a problem with your DirectX or graphics card, but it's hard to tell. Try updating your drivers and see if it works.

[kodykap01]

how you make it blue

[Teuszie]

Sorry, make what blue?

[theartonthewall]

should have city lights

[steve44mcausa]

Very nice presentation.

Working on creating more Helpful Videos myself like this.

Google Earth is much more powerful then most know.

[mac19971]

HOW DO YOU CREATE THE DUSK DAWN AND STARS ON THE EARTH?? WHAT UPDATE?

[rogisfat2]

Google Earth- U.S. Cities in Day and Night (during north american power outage) lolz

[98bigbutt]

It sounds like The Gary Glitter Rock-n-roll song.

;

[iteachvader]

I have Google Earth 5.2, and for some reason, when i move the time slider so the sun is not visible, the atmosphere stays lit like a christmas tree, and clouds are still bright as well. it never transitions from day to night correctly. Please help.

[tweeterman2861]

forgot seattle. that's a city

[michaeljonesgroup]

Anyone use a Logitech Freedom 2.4 Cordless Joystick with Google Earth? Do you know how to assign functions when running on a MAC with OS 10.6.4? My throttle and rudder are reversed on the joystick. Thanks, Michael

[moonyandpadfoot07]

this is really look like real this sunrise/sunset