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This is one of the most fascinating ways to spotlight the genocide in Darfur that I have seen. Google has done good with this. Real good.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

In an effort to raise awareness about atrocities in Sudan, Google Inc. has updated its online satellite mapping service with images of burned villages, refugee camps and wounded children.

The project, done in partnership with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, offers users of Google Earth a bird’s eye view of the aftermath of four years of fighting between the East African nation’s Arab-dominated government and the largely black residents of the Darfur region. The United Nations has said that more than 200,000 people, many of them Darfur civilians, have died and 2.5 million have been displaced in the conflict.

This screen capture just hints at how amazing this collaboration is. To see for yourself, go here.