Forget Surfing the Web, and Go Virtual Diving

Posted on: Thursday, 9 October 2008, 00:00 CDT By Peter Harrison Lundy Island is to feature in a new service provided by the website Google Earth. Google Earth already provides extensive mapping, imagery, galleries and information on all parts of the world, but now web users will be given access to undersea landscapes, including the habitat of threatened species which live off the coast, as part of a new facility. The new layer of Google Earth Outreach will feature video streams, photo galleries and stories from marine protected areas (MPAs) around the world. The Government's conservation agency, Natural England, has contributed information about 43 marine sites around the coast of England that offer some protection to species such as the basking shark, as well as seahorses, corals and algae. One of the places users can visit... [read full story]