--- description: It's in time for World Oceans Day next week title: These Google Street Views Are Literally Breathtaking image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33566fcdc64b38af/6988530e524fc036c0df2f2f/rsz_google.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Google Street Views are Literally Breathtaking by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 8:14 PM CUT  A person prepares to search the internet using the Google search engine, on May 14, 2014, in Lille. In a surprise ruling on May 13, the EU's top court said individuals have the right to ask US Internet giant Google to delete personal data produced by its ubiquitous search engine. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) A person prepares to search the internet using the Google search engine, on May 14, 2014, in Lille. In a surprise ruling on May 13, the EU's top court said individuals have the right to ask US Internet giant Google to delete personal data produced by its ubiquitous search engine. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)PHILIPPE HUGUEN—AFP/Getty Images by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2015 8:14 PM CUT Google is letting users see what it’s like to swim under the sea with a Google Street Views feature for the ocean. The tech giant now has 40 underwater spots captured around the world, including locations in American Samoa, the Chagos Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. The images have been made available to the public in time for World Oceans Day on June 8, [according to CNET](http://www.cnet.com/news/google-street-view-now-takes-you-under-the-sea/ "undefined"). “Home to the majority of life on Earth, the ocean acts as its life support system, controlling everything from our weather and rainfall to the oxygen we breathe,” Google said a blog post. “Yet despite the ocean’s vital importance, the ocean is changing at a rapid rate due to climate change, pollution, and overfishing, making it one of the most serious environmental issues we face today,” the blog post added. The company continued: “Mapping the ocean is key to preserving it. Each image in Google Maps is a GPS-located digital record of these underwater and coastal environments, which can be used as a baseline to monitor change over time.” The move comes as Yahoo [announces plans to end](https://fortune.com/2015/06/04/yahoo-maps/ "undefined") its own mapping service at the end of June. For images and video of what the project looks like, visit Google’s [website](http://google-latlong.blogspot.fr/2015/06/explore-life-beneath-waves-in-honor-of.html "undefined"). **MORE** [Check out the new Fortune 500 list](https://fortune.com/fortune500/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/"},"headline":"These Google Street Views are Literally Breathtaking","datePublished":"2015-06-04T20:14:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:38.389Z","description":"An undersea feature comes in time for World Oceans Day next week","url":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/","keywords":["Tech","Google","Oceans","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33566fcdc64b38af/6988530e524fc036c0df2f2f/rsz_google.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33566fcdc64b38af/6988530e524fc036c0df2f2f/rsz_google.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-INTERNET-GOOGLE","caption":"FRANCE-INTERNET-GOOGLE","creditText":"PHILIPPE HUGUEN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/","name":"These Google Street Views are Literally Breathtaking"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3909827/google-street-view-underwater/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```