Scientists Googling the Deep Blue Sea Laura Secorun Palet - OZY
go to original May 24, 2014

Explore the Galapagos Islands with Google Maps (Google Maps)

You’re probably already familiar with Google Street View as the life-saving tool that makes sure you find that obscure Thai restaurant on a first date, helps you strut like a local through foreign cities or feeds your fantasy of exploring Paris’ Marais district.

But there’s a feature few know about that lets your curiosity plunge to new depths, literally.

Google has an underwater version of Street View, offering users the chance to explore the ocean’s floors through high-resolution, 360-degree tours of 19 beautiful locations — from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to the shoreline of San Francisco.

... Street View’s “Oceans” will help scientists monitor the health of coral reefs around the world by giving them a point of reference so that, in the future, they can go back to the same spots and see how much of the coral has died since the initial takes. But it also allows users — from professional scuba divers to landlubbers — to discover the beauty under the ocean’s surface, swim with whale sharks in Isla Contoy or explore mysterious shipwrecks.

Read the rest at OZY

Take a look at the sea lion below, or watch the 10-minute documentary about how the images were taken above.



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