Source: Google made a lot of timelapses on the changing earth. Some of these are really great and are worth checking out. More examples can be found here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/+GoogleEarth/albums/5875822979804092129

vintagegal:

Marilyn Monroe on the set of Monkey Business (1952)

The planting of the Amsterdam Wood, a project funded by the government in 1934 to provide the jobless with jobs. A good example of how we should combat the crisis nowadays, although the politicians nowadays seem to not have payed attention in their history class.