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The study examines the development of the scientific concept of the Digital Earth in 2021, related technologies, as well as social practices of its use and implementation. The work is of an overview and interdisciplinary nature. Special attention is paid to the possibilities of applying Digital Earth to the analysis of global highly dynamic processes of a socio-technogenic nature, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Earth is considered in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Program, as well as digital economy and smart city initiatives. The problem of the Vision of the Digital Earth 2030 and various points of view on the aspects of the Digital Earth as a general cultural phenomenon are discussed. An attemp