Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Google Ocean

maps.google.com/ocean

With a mission to "deliver a more complete picture of the Earth," as William Van Lancker put it back in January, Google Maps has turned to mapping what's below sea level. This week they pulled the wraps off of their "underwater Street View" shots of barrier reefs in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii, with more to come.
You can mess around with some of the panoramas here. As someone barred from scuba diving due to an inner ear injury, I found these shots, which I will never get to see in person, just breathtaking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nHyEnS55g7k

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