On June 4, 2015 Google published a blog post about the release of remote island imagery captured for Street View, featuring the Chagos Archipelago. The blog post was released to coincide with World Ocean’s Day and included a link to the Chagos Conservation Trust website.
http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/explore-life-beneath-waves-in-honor-of.html

A number of media outlets picked up the story. You can read up on what they had to say on the following links:

Mashable – major news website for the ‘digital generation’
42 million monthly unique visitors
23 social media followers
The Street View article has been shared 2,400 times(as at July’15):
http://mashable.com/2015/06/04/google-street-view-oceans-day/

Tech Crunch – number #1 business blog for tech and investment news
6.5 million monthly unique visitors
13 million social media followers
The article has been shared 1,900 times(as at July’15):
http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/04/google-brings-street-view-to-40-new-remote-islands-and-underwater-locations/#.wbxq5q:mkhg

Gizmodo – leading technology blog
The article has been shared 8,567 times(as at July’15):
http://gizmodo.com/now-google-street-view-can-take-you-deep-under-the-ocea-1709170434

CBS News – major US news channel
The article has been shared 421 times(as at July’15):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-brings-worlds-coral-reefs-to-your-screen/

BBC newsbeat – BBC Radio 1’s news service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/33029302/google-unveils-new-underwater-street-views

Other notable news outlets that covered the story: TIME magazine, International Business Times, Brisbane Times, Huffington Post.

Enjoy the views!

In the latest issue of Chagos News

The opening article examines the first sighting of the sliteye shark in the waters of the Great Chagos Bank, written by Charlotte Oulton and Drs Holly Stokes, Kimberley Stokes, and Chagos Conservation Trust (CCT) Trustee Nicole Esteban from Swansea University’s Marine Conservation Ecology Lab.

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