As part of the December 07 image update Google have updated their own headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Compared to the older imagery¹ the most obvious difference is that the Googeplex has been absolutely covered in solar panels.

Installed in October 2006, the panels are the world’s largest solar panel installation on a corporate campus in the United States! Er, hang on…

Still, Google should be commended for the project which generates 30% of their peak electricity requirements. Read more on the project’s homepage, which also promises some live stats².

A last minute imagery update of the year has appeared in Google Earth.

By my count the eighth update this year, Google have continued the recent trend of announcing the update with a scavenger hunt. Read the Latlong blog for the full hunt or try the comments on Gearth Blog for more direct instructions.

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