It's pretty cool that nowadays we can use Google streetview to walk down streets and
Amsterdam to Arkansas without a second thought, at least virtually
But, there is some pretty amazing strategic partnerships. Google is now going to be bringing nature to us as well
Google is partnering with the University of Queensland's global change institute
A not-for-Profit organization called Underwater Earth and an insurance company called Catlin to Bring Google Streetview
To the world's largest reef, the Great Barrier Reef
These organizations have worked together to develop an underwater camera
That's actually also kind of a submersible vehicle
And we'll be taking thousands of 360 degree panoramas of the Great Barrier Reef
stitching these together along with some GPS data will allow
anyone with an internet connection
to basically go take a dip in the Great Barrier Reef
So basically, I feel the way about this project that the eharmony cat lady
feels about cats, it kind of, a little bit makes me want to cry
I mean I am probably never gonna get anywhere near the great barrier reef and
in all likeliness neither are you and that's just a fact of life
The world is big and we can't go everywhere
But now you and I, if you know you're not one of the lucky ones, will be able to at least
get a glimpse of what it's like to be submerged among what is, in
actuality, the world's largest structure made by living things
That's right, we do not hold that title
Coral holds that title
Of course this project is not being done for my personal amusement,
there is a scientific focus
Scientists will be able to use these extremely detailed
photographs to keep track of the reefs health, of it's growth
The photographs will also be used to conduct a large
animal survey
They'll be tracking tiger sharks, Manta Rays and sea turtles
The fact is that we know a lot more about how climate change is affecting
life on land, than we do about how it's affecting life on water
and the ecosystem the great barrier reef is one of the most
complicated and important and delicate on the planet
The project has already begun though
It was somewhat in secret which is quite cool.
You can track through some of the photographs that they've already taken at catlinseaviewsurvey.com
But soon the photographs will be integrated with Google Earth,
with Google maps with panoramio and of course they have a YouTube channel which we've already
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