The inauguration has been recorded and relayed in all kinds of ways, from Twitter, to Flickr, to Facebook status updates, to blog postings, to emails going back and forth—a lot of effort has been put into recording the events and emotions of the day. Much of that effort has been expended by citizens, not by journalists. Much of the recording has been done via mobile devices.See also: “Day #1 of a new era …”
—“Changes over time”
Image: GeoEye-1, a satellite that supplies Google with high-resolution images of Earth.