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Google Cameras Go Zip-lining Through The Amazon Rainforest
• http://www.popsci.com, By Mary Beth GriggsGoogle likes taking their cameras to strange places, letting people explore viking ruins or walk under the aurora all from the comfort of their computers. Google also has a long history with zip lines; back in 2008, some employees at the company decided to build a zip line as a shortcut to get to lunch. (The city of Mountain View asked them to take it down.)
So really, it was only a matter of time before Google hooked a camera up to a zip line and let it go. They finally managed it in the most epic of settings: the Amazon rainforest. You can check out the results for yourself. The BBC reports that to get the pictures, Google attached one of their 360-degree cameras to a zip line, and sent it hurtling through the forest canopy at speeds of up to 62 miles per hour.