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Google adds Amazon Rainforest to Street View

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Back in August of 2011, Google began mapping the Amazon Rainforest for their ever-growing Street View feature within Google Maps. Now, Google has released the fruits of their rainforest labor, as the bits of the rainforest they explored are available for you to explore on Google Street View.

Obviously, Google did not map the entire Amazon, as that is not only dangerous, but ridiculously time consuming. However, they did manage to chart a section of the Rio Negro river, and have provided some breathtaking starting points for the armchair explorer in us all. 
via Geekosystem

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