In Japan the trains move fast and the inside looks really nice. This is the upscale “Grand Class” seating of the brand new Hokuriko Shinkansen bullet train. The operating speed of this train is 260 km/h (160 mph).
Category: About Street View
Explore Mount Everest on Google Street View
Today Google announced new Street View images, this time from the Mount Everest area in Nepal. You can see the impressive mountain area and take a walk around the villages. You can’t yet climb to the top of Mount Everest on Google Street View. I’m sure Google is working on it…
A legendary mountaineer named Apa Sherpa (age 55) helped Google with these images. He’s reached the summit of Mount Everest more than anyone else – 21 times!
You can step inside monasteries, local schools and even say hi to some yaks at the “Yak parking lot”!
And there’s a video of the adventure:
Bonavista “main pimphouse”?
Larger (thanks Eric and Olivier)
Google Zip Line Street View in Amazon forest
Google has taken Street View to new heights. This is in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil where Google put the camera on a zipline. This image was taken at the top of the zip line in the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve.
Undiscovered species and mysterious places rest high up in the tree canopies of the primary forests, atop the trees that have stood for centuries. Take the zipline from the top canopy down to the forest floor!
And here’s a video where you can see the camera on the zipline.
Cleaning the lens
Larger (thanks Tom)
Police stop Street View car in Japan
This police officer is running out in the street determined to stop the Google Street View car.
She’s blowing that whistle as loud as possible…
Did the radar gun indicate too high speed for the google car?
Google Street View shoot competition from Iceland
Blur fail
Greenland is now on Google Street View
This is the Ilulissat icefjord in Greenland, Denmark.
