Our thanks to someone somewhere who pointed us to “Flashearth,” an interesting site under development that supplies links to multiple mapping programs that draw on global  satellite imagery.  The are: Google Maps; Microsoft VE (aerial); Microsoft VE (labels); Yahoo Maps; Ask.com (aerial); Ask.com (physical); OpenLayers; NASA Terra (daily).

The sites vary in the degree of “zoomability,” but each offers slightly different capability and data.  In any event, it is most likely worthy of a bookmark.