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Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation is shown crossing a field of ferns to reach some naturallyoccurring sulfur mines on the top of Sierra Negra, an active volcano on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The Google Maps team traveled for over hours, hiking and on horseback, to reach this remote location. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution from their computers or mobile devices. Google Maps sent crews armed with backpack-mounted Street View cameras and underwater gear to the Galapagos, and will be bringing the islands' natural wonders to the Internet.

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. 1 hour ago

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