# Earth View from Google Earth

> Experience a beautiful image from Google Earth every time you open a new tab.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/earth-view-from-google](https://chrome-stats.com/d/earth-view-from-google)

## Overview

- **ID:** `earth-view-from-google`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ubilabs
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 3,217
- **Weekly downloads:** 32
- **Rating:** 4.42 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.18.8resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-07-13
- **Size:** 353 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/earth-view-from-google/)

## Description

Earth View from Google Earth transforms your new tab into a window showcasing breathtaking satellite imagery. Featuring over 1500 hand-curated images from Google Earth's most striking and enigmatic landscapes, this extension highlights the natural beauty, colors, shapes, and patterns of our planet. Users can click the globe icon to locate each scene on Google Maps, download high-quality wallpapers, share permalink views, and review recently seen locations history.

Developed by Ubilabs for the Google Earth team, Earth View replaces the default new tab with beautiful geography-themed visuals. It's perfect for users who appreciate nature, geography, and stunning photography, offering daily inspiration and a deeper connection to our world's landscapes.

## Rankings

- #1,591 — Overall
- #126 — Tabs
- #254 — Appearance
- #269 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #18 — fart
- #22 — heart

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://www.gstatic.com/prettyearth/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: gstatic.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users overwhelmingly praise the add-on for its beautiful, high-quality Earth photographs, a minimal/clean new-tab design, and convenient links to the original Google Earth/Maps locations. Several reviews also note it typically shows a fresh image per tab. The most-cited downside is that the image pool can feel repetitive over time and users would like a larger or more varied set of photos.

### Pros

- High-quality, beautiful Earth images (widely praised).
- Links to the original photo on Google Earth/Maps so users can explore locations further.
- Minimal, clean and visually pleasing new-tab experience.
- Regularly shows new images per new tab (many users note fresh visuals).

### Cons

- Image set can feel repetitive or limited over long-term use (several users suggested more images).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/earth-view-from-google)