Scale - Google®

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The Scale of Google®

how many search queries does Google® take per day?  A billion?

how much electricity does it consume?

how much storage capacity does it own?

how many streets have been photographed on Google®Earth?

how much private data is gathered by StreetView® cars as they photograph the world's streets?

how much G-mail does it store?

can one Google® answers to these questions?

Inbound Cargo Ship at night (time-lapse) Port of Houston

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Houston is the busiest port in the US for ship traffic:

This time-lapse sequence takes three minutes but compresses three hours. Once the Panama Canal is widened, the ship traffic will only increase here.

Thanks to Louis Vest for posting/sharing!