Google unveils new underwater 'street views'

Google has unveiled a collection of 40 new "special street view" images as part of its latest update.

As well as regular images, the new views let you swim with humpback whales in the Cook Islands, dive off the coast of Bali and take a beach stroll in Samoa.

Google's Street View team created the new pictures alongside the Catlin Seaview Survey, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the Chagos Conversation Trust.

The project is part of Google Earth Outreach which began creating underwater views in 2012, alongside Catlin, in order to help monitor the conditions of some of Earth's most remote and breathtaking habitats.

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