Australia ’s Great Barrier Reef is the great innate coral formation on Earth and you ’ll shortly be able to see it in all its glory — from your desk .
The Catlin Seaview Survey , a collaboration between Google , the University of Queensland , and the Caitlin Group , will execute a diagnostic on the reef scheme ’s health via a panoramic underwater photographic and video survey . The platform has already taken some preliminary sight , though the chemical group plans to attempt the projection main element — three surveys start at 20 points around the reef — in September .
image will be captured by a 360 - degree camera ( in reality four conveniently lay fish - eye lens system SLR ’s ) stick on to the front end of an Diver Propulsion Vehicle ( DPV ) for shallow surveys , and automatonlike hero sandwich for surveys between 30 and 100 meters . The group hope to also study how and if the migratory behavior of tiger sharks , green turtleneck and manta irradiation has been affect by world warming .
Starting today Internet users should be able to access these images via Google Street View and will also be able to watch TV of each study section on YouTube . [ University of QueenslandviaNew Scientist ]
Image : Caitlin Seaview Survey
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