--- title: You Can Now Search for the Loch Ness Monster on Google Street View description: Google has taken Street View cameras on (and under) Scotland's famous lake so you no longer have to go diving into that freezing water. canonical: https://time.com/3830798/loch-ness-monster-google-maps-street-view/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-22T03:27:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:58.503Z og:title: Searching For the Loch Ness Monster? Try Google Street View og:description: Who wants to go diving into that freezing, murky lake anyway? og:url: https://time.com/3830798/loch-ness-monster-google-maps-street-view/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa6e21a39b44ae96/6987ec432dce0149ca9e1700/3422579.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Loch Ness Monster og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Searching For the Loch Ness Monster? Try Google Street View twitter:description: Who wants to go diving into that freezing, murky lake anyway? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa6e21a39b44ae96/6987ec432dce0149ca9e1700/3422579.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Now Search for the Loch Ness Monster on Google Street View by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 22, 2015 3:27 AM UTC  A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934. A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934.Keystone—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 22, 2015 3:27 AM UTC It’s one of the most persistent mysteries of modern times — does Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, exist? For those who are interested in finding out, Google is here to help. It has taken its [Street View cameras](https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=57.241875,-4.519731&spn=0.18,0.3&cbll=57.241875,-4.519731&layer=c&panoid=GpRw6YSBdLz8XrdvP4BcjA&cbp=,179.79,,0,22.559998&output=classic&dg=ntvb) on (and under) Scotland’s most famous lake. The initiative, according to a post on the company’s [official blog](http://googleblog.blogspot.hk/2015/04/myth-or-monster-explore-loch-ness-with.html), is part of the anniversary celebration (including [Tuesday’s Google Doodle](http://time.com/3829211/loch-ness-monster-google-doodle/)) of the iconic “Surgeon’s Photograph” that began the legend. Taken in 1934, the photo showed what appeared to be a giant sea creature raising its neck out of the water, kicking off a series of conspiracy theories that linger to this day. Google ditched its recognizable Street View car in favor of a boat in order to get the images, naturally, but also employed a team of divers to snap photos beneath the lake’s surface. There’s even a video showing how they did it. 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