It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses -- but when it came to creating a "Street View" of a desert, Google hit on a low-tech solution.
It hired a camel.
The beast has become the
first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera, which is typically
hoisted by humans to capture 360-degree images of destinations
inaccessible to its Street View cars.
Google spokeswoman Monica
Baz says the camel, reportedly named Raffia, was an apt way of
documenting the beautiful shifting sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis.
