[CINC] Google Street View goes underwater

[Staci Kaye-Carr]

Google Street View is no longer limited to roads and sidewalks — now, you can browse stunning panoramic images from under the sea. "With a simple click or swipe, users can explore the subacquatic world, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay and Apo Islands in the Philippines. In total, there are panoramas of six of the ocean’s coral reefs." As of yet, unfortunately, no Channel Islands...keep your fingers crossed. 
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery.html#!/ocean

> WANNA HELP MAP THE OCEAN?? - On a sort of related topic, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has a way for you to become a "citizen scientist" and help them with an ocean-floor mapping project. Here's what they say on their website: "A new interactive website called the “Seafloor Explorer” allows viewers to browse photos taken by HabCam, an underwater mapping vehicle built by engineers and marine biologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and contribute information to better categorize the species in the images." If you'd like to find out more, check out this story on Huffington Post and then follow the links: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/30/seafloor-explorer-seahorse-habcam-images_n_1913484.html .

Staci