Google Earth timelapse shows Kingdome transform into CenturyLink

A tool as part of Google Earth Engine project – a catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets – shows an aerial time-lapse of Seattle from 1984 to 2016.

One of the most notable changes: the disappearance of the Kingdome and erection of CenturyLink Field.

>> Watch the 2000 implosion of the Kingdome here

The timelapse also shows buildings pop up in downtown Seattle and the construction of the two floating bridges amid the area’s changing landscape.

Use the timelapse below to view it.

Using Earth Engine, Google combined over 5 million satellite images acquired over the past three decades by five different satellites.

Cox Media Group