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Scotland Has Nessie, but We Have EBee<\/h1>\nScotland Has Nessie, but We Have EBee<\/h1>\nThat’s right, the Loch Ness “monster”, Nessie, had nothing on our own Michigan Monster EBee, last seen dining somewhere in the Caribbean while her stand-in does computer repairs for Cloudeight Direct from Michigan. We’re offering a reward for any EB sightings anywhere in the world! So be on the lookout for the Michigan Monster EBee. We don’t think you’ll find her on Google Maps, she’s much smarter than Nessie. But we are not saying Nessie is stupid = she’s inspired TV shows, movies, books and endless folklore, and still evaded capture.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like the world\u2019s best legends, the <\/span>Loch Ness Monster<\/a><\/span>transcends the everyday and exists at the edges of possibility. It rises above the sightings and the hoaxes; the claims and counter-claims; the tourism, the nationalism\u2014and even the<\/span>assassination plots<\/a><\/span>. It lives in the telling of stories. Whether or not you believe, most people hold a romanticized vision of the creature that, legend has it, plumbs the depths of the Loch. Affectionately known as \u201cNessie,\u201d she exists in folklore, dances in childrens\u2019 imaginations, and seeps into our society and teachings, inspiring everything from <\/span>pop music<\/a><\/span> to <\/span>pop culture<\/a><\/span> to<\/span>pulp fiction<\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n In 1934, the \u201c<\/span>Surgeon\u2019s Photograph<\/a><\/span>\u201d was released, claiming to show the monster in the misty waters of the lake. It\u2019s the most iconic photo in the history of Loch Ness\u2014and may be one of the most elaborate hoaxes of our age. Today, to celebrate the anniversary of its release, we’re bringing 360-degree Street View imagery of Loch Ness to <\/span>Google Maps<\/a><\/span>, so you can go in search of Nessie yourself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sail across the freshwater lake and take in its haunting beauty, made darker still by the peat particles found in its waters. Let the Loch unlock the spirit of your imagination, where the rippling water, tricks of the light, and drifting logs bring <\/span>the legend of Nessie to life<\/a><\/span>. Adrian Shine, leader of the <\/span>Loch Ness & Morar Project<\/a><\/span>, has been engaged in fieldwork in the Highlands since 1973 and was an integral part of the Street View collection. As a true Loch Ness expert, Shine has <\/span>logged<\/a><\/span> more than 1,000 Nessie sightings and offers scientific explanations for why people claim to have seen Scotland\u2019s mysterious <\/span>cryptid<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n Formed of a series of interrelated bodies of water, including the River Oich to the south and the Bona Narrows to the north, Loch Ness stretches for 23 miles southwest of Inverness. Although it\u2019s neither the largest Scottish loch by surface area nor depth, it is the largest by volume, containing more freshwater than all the lakes of England and Wales combined. And at almost 800 feet deep, there\u2019s an entire world below the surface<\/a>, giving rise to the Nessie legend.<\/span><\/p>\n To take you on a tour of what lies beneath, our partners at the<\/span>Catlin Seaview Survey<\/a><\/span> dived deep under the surface of the lake, collecting imagery along the way. You can imagine Nessie nestling within these dark, peat-filled waters, waiting for the right moment to breach the surface into the Scottish sunlight above.<\/span><\/p>\n A diver from the Catlin Seaview Survey collecting underwater imagery of Loch Ness<\/span><\/p>\n Wherever you stand on the Nessie debate, the legend lives on\u2014even in the digital era. There are <\/span>more searches<\/a><\/span> for Loch Ness than there are for other U.K. institutions like Buckingham Palace and the Peak District. And as we celebrate Loch Ness with today\u2019s Doodle, we hope you can enjoy some of the most history-laden and breathtaking imagery the highlands have to offer with <\/span>Street View in Google Maps<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n By Sven Tresp, Program Manager, Street View Special Collections<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Source: Google Maps<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scotland Has Nessie, but We Have EBee That’s right, the Loch Ness “monster”, Nessie, had nothing on our own Michigan Monster EBee, last seen dining somewhere in the Caribbean while her stand-in does computer repairs for Cloudeight Direct from Michigan. We’re offering a reward for any EB sightings anywhere in the world! So be on the lookout for\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433,1,1426,1674],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9385"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9391,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions\/9391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}So folks and monster \u00a0hunters…help us find the Michigan Monster, Ebee, and get a huge reward!\u00a0Now seriously…<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n\n
Myth or monster? Explore Loch Ness with Street View<\/h1>\n
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