While photographs may show a particular moment from the past, seeing how something has changed from an aerial point can provide you with a fascinating insight.
From new buildings, housing developments, and roads - Google Timeline lets you see how the Earth has changed over the past 32 years.
The global, zoomable video will show you anywhere in the world and create timelapse footage showing you how an area has altered in just over three decades.
So how about Teesside?
Google first released its Timelapse visualisation of Earth in 2013.
However this latest update has added huge amounts of new data and a sharper view of the Earth since 1984.
The interactive timelapse experience also enables you to explore changes from around the world, such as watching the sprouting of Las Vegas' strip and Dubai's cityscape.