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Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal (area Everest), providing “couch” tourists a rare opportunity, not moving away from the monitor, visit one of the most mysterious and inaccessible places on our planet where the highest in the world of mountains.
The Street View project takes viewers to the very heart of the famous its harsh beauty of the Sagarmatha National Park, where the ice blue rivers flow below snowy peaks, and steep mountain trails completely strewn with stones. The normal person’s muscular system is not in able to quickly adapt to mountaineering. Serious workloads which climber is exposed to, not every one of us will be allowed climb a steep mountain. However, modern technology allows us, without leaving home, to make such a trip. Moreover, that this project will allow us to make an unforgettable journey, he is also aimed at educational charity. Professional climbers, armed with two single-lens cameras and 15-lens special custom devices Trekker backpackers walked travel to capture as many panoramic as possible images of remote eastern villages of the Himalayas inhabited Sherpa ethnic community. Last March, climbers on spent about 11 days. During this time they shot images monasteries, schools and clinics. Everyone in the world knows that is Everest, but very few people realize how difficult living in the mountain villages. To survive, people have to sacrifice your education and work hard, sometimes at a very hazardous work. Now thanks to google street view every anyone can see these villages and understand that the people living here, in dire need of help. The creators of the project hope that they will be able to raise funds even for the construction of new schools and hospitals. They also believe that the project will facilitate the collection. means to improve access to education, offering future for generations an alternative way out of this situation. Creators of the project dream that one day small children of Nepal you don’t have to risk your life working in the mountains, as they will be able to get an education and build for themselves better life. Did you know that, the latest earthquake in Nepal led to the fact that Mount Everest declined. Of course from space this is not visible, but scientists have already made an expert assessment. A life
