Time Magazine has a fascinating new graphic called Earth’s Most Stunning Transformations. This timelapse photo project allows the viewer to take satellite images from 1984 to 2012 of any specific area of the earth and ruffle through them like a pack of cards to see what changes have happened. Time suggests looking at areas like Japan’s erupting rock or Iraq’s vanishing marshes. Here’s more about how they did it.

LoCO readers might want to type in Humboldt County, CA, USA and then drag the map to their area to see what has happened in the last nearly three decades.