The newest version of Google's global mapping software, Google Earth, has been published recently.
For those of you who haven't encountered this magnificent software yet, the following brief text gives an explanation of the capabilities and the purpose of Google Earth:
"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others."
Version 5.0 includes a brand-new feature which enables users (or shall we say explorers of our globe?) to go underwater and examine the vast sea floors that stretch between our continents.
Layers found beneath the sea include information obtained from the leading researchers and scientists of our time.
The new feature brought Google one step closer towards the total coverage of our planet. At the launch event, held in San Francisco, Al Gore himself said that the new feature would make Google Earth a "magical experience".
It is indeed magical if we realise that water covers approximately 70% of the surface of our world, though less than 5% of these vast territories has been explored so far.
And what can we find under the water? Volcanoes, information on famous diving and surfing spots and long lost shipwrecks (I personally am very curious whether Titanic can be found or not).
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