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37 jawdropping photos from a Google Chrome plugin that fills your browser with stunning satellite imagery

By Rob Price
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Tanbar, Australia. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Bored of staring at a white screen all day?

Earth View is a plugin from Google that replaces blank new tabs in Google Chrome with stunning satellite imagery taken from across the globe. Photos range from the Béchar Province of Algeria, to Yellowstone National Park in the US, and the fields of Thoai Son in Vietnam.

It first launched in October 2014, and is available to download here. We've picked out 37 of the most beautiful and striking below, but there are literally thousands more just like them.

Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Baku, Azerbaijan ©2014 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Mauritania.

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Mauritania. ©2015 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Moab, United States.

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Moab, United States. ©2014 DigitalGlobe, State of Utah / Google Earth

Paris, France.

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Paris, France. ©2014 Aerodata International Surveys, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, The GeoInformation Group | InterAtlas / Google Earth

Antonio Quijarro, Bolivia.

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Antonio Quijarro, Bolivia. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Creswell, Australia.

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Creswell, Australia. ©2014 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

The Tuamotu and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.

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The Tuamotu and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. ©2015 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

North Slope, United States.

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North Slope, United States. ©2014 DigitalGlobe, Landsat / Google Earth

Niederzier, Germany.

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Niederzier, Germany. ©2014 Aerodata International Surveys, DigitalGlobe, GeoBasis-DE/BKG, GeoContent / Google Earth

Mahajanga Rural, Madagascar.

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Mahajanga Rural, Madagascar. ©2015 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Copiapó Province, Chile.

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Copiapó Province, Chile. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Antarctica Chilena, Chile.

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Antarctica Chilena, Chile. ©2015 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Farina, Australia.

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Farina, Australia. ©2015 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Nunavut, Canada.

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Nunavut, Canada. ©2015 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Tanbar, Australia.

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Tanbar, Australia. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Aigus-Mortes, France.

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Aigus-Mortes, France. ©2014 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Faiyum, Egypt.

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Faiyum, Egypt. ©2014 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

West Falkland, Falkland Islands.

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West Falkland, Falkland Islands. ©2014 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Kihei, United States.

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Kihei, United States. ©2015 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Colombier-Saugnieu, France.

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Colombier-Saugnieu, France. ©2014 DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Levis, Canada.

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Levis, Canada. ©2014 Aero-Photo Inc, DigitalGlobe / Getty Images

Kastrup, Denmark.

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Kastrup, Denmark. ©2014 Aerodata International Surveys, DigitalGlobe, Lantmäteriet/Metria, Scankort / Google Earth

Haibei, China.

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Haibei, China. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Moscow, Russia.

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Moscow, Russia. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Getty Images

Gairdner, Australia.

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Gairdner, Australia. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Getty Images

Greece.

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Greece. ©2015 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Doha, Qatar.

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Doha, Qatar. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Tanbar, Australia.

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Tanbar, Australia. ©2014 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Binzhou Shi, China.

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Binzhou Shi, China. ©2015 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Antonio Quijarro, Bolivia.

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Antonio Quijarro, Bolivia. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Antarctica.

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Antarctica. ©2014 NASA / Google Earth

Detroit, United States.

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Detroit, United States. ©2015 DigitalGlobe, First Base Solutions, Sanborn, U.S. Geological Survey, USDA Farm Service Agency / Google Earth

Basrah, Iraq.

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Basrah, Iraq. ©2015 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Lelystad, Netherlands.

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Lelystad, Netherlands. ©2015 Aerodata International Surveys, DigitalGlobe, GeoContent / Google Earth

Tall Rifat, Syria.

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Tall Rifat, Syria. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Mauritania.

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Mauritania. ©2015 Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

Hainan, China.

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Hainan, China. ©2014 CNES / Astrium, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe / Google Earth

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