Google’s Earth View extension for Chrome spruces up your boring old ‘new tab’ page

Do you know what’s boring? When you open a new tab in Google Chrome. Unless you have an extension installed, it’s a white canvas with the Google search bar and a selection of website shortcuts. Yawn.

To spruce things up a bit, Google has launched an Earth View extension which displays a different, beautiful satellite image every time you open a new tab.

Better yet, you can click the globe icon in the corner to see the current photo inside Google Maps. It’s a simple tool for whisking your imagination away to somewhere new and combating those glum autumnal months.

➤ Earth View from Google Maps (via Twitter)