If you use the Internet, you probably already know about Google putting up a picture for Nessie's 81st "birthday". Well, it's actually the 81st anniversary of the Surgeon's Photo, you can read about my 80th anniversary piece here.
There is also a special link to do their StreetView version of a trip under the waters of Loch Ness. My browser seized up when I tried it, Firefox just gets worse with age. On another browser, you get a cool trip down to the depths, but the distance from light to dark is brief due to the peat stained waters. Enjoy the trip.
When I watched Google's promo video, I was under the impression that the cruise boats at the Loch Ness Centre were used for the job. It turns out that Marcus Atkinson's boats were also (if not exclusively) used to do the 3D camera jobs, photos here. Good job, lads!
While I am here, the BBC's Secret Britain is running an episode called Hidden Highlands of Scotland tomorrow. They will include an item on Mhorag, the monster of Loch Morar. I am not sure if Nessie features, but it's nice to see her sister get some airtime for a change.
The program runs on Wednesday 22nd April at 2100 on BBC One and you can watch it on iPlayer afterwards.
POSTSCRIPT: The Mhorag documentary can be viewed internationally at this YouTube link.
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Reckon the bbc have given up on nessie
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, will view tonight.
DeleteCheers for info. I will watch that. Change as good as a rest i say lol :)
ReplyDeleteI'll be at Loch Morar after Loch Ness in a month or so.
ReplyDeleteAdded a paragraph about the involvement of Cruise Loch Ness in the google project.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, my web hits went up nearly ten-fold during Google's Nessie day.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope some stay for the Nessie ride.
And let's hope you remember Google's principle of freedom of speech :-)
DeleteWatched the Secret Britain programme.
ReplyDeleteSome nice shots, but was it just me who found the 2 presenters mildly annoying?
And Ledge Route on Ben Nevis is about as secret as the Royal Mile.
And Loch Morars nowhere near The Great Glen.
That aside, decent enough.
If they make Nessie the national animal they should also declare the 30th of February "Scottish Independence Day"
ReplyDeleteWhat new angle could there be Geordie! The subject has been discussed from every possible point of view. BTW your comment above is in the wrong article, I guess you were bored here also and you were distracted!
DeleteInteresting photo the Loch water bailiff and his daughter snapped. Never seen that pic before. I hope GB will be analysing the photo soon.
ReplyDeleteLets hope the scots hold the balance of power Geordie Sceptic. Great programme that last night. Strange photo on the chap's phone and previously a non believer after 20 years. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteDidn't watch it. Was it any good? Cynical as it seems, I've grown really tired of the format where several eyewitnesses describe their monster sightings, followed by one or two experts saying that there's not enough food etc. it just never progresses. I think every documentary I can remember about Loch Ness/Morar has followed the same format. If I watch a new documentary featuring the "big reveal" about the surgeon's photo and the toy sub, I am literally so bored I turn the TV off.
ReplyDeleteSomeone, somewhere, surely has a fresh angle on the lake monster subject.
Geordie...Get a life and stop 'dissing' your so negative vibes.
DeleteSo you are into the same info ad infinitum? Fair enough.
DeleteNo surprise there. Practically all possible sceptical explanations had been published by 1934. Having said that, so were most of the possible types of large creatures.
DeleteSince then, not a lot. Burton's vegetable mat theory may have been novel in 1961 and seiches. On the other side, we have the paranormalists arriving during the 1960s counter culture movements and more focussed stuff like Holiday's Tullimonstrum.
Maybe you should just give up, GS and leave us all alone.
Why would you want that to happen, GB?
DeleteBecause you look oh so bored by the whole thing. Why not delight some other subject group with your prodigious debating talents?
DeleteWell I could give it a rest for a while I suppose. Not interested in any other "mystery" though. Not even the Cottingley fairies.
DeleteThe program is on YouTube, for those not in the UK. Check it out here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr8OqL6qLkI
Thanks John, link added to article. BTW, do those who ask for comments updates also get notified if the article changes?
DeleteThe photo of the 2 wakes in the distance was disappointing. Was hoping for something much more interesting.
ReplyDeleteI have been trolling through this site off and on for a couple of months, and really do not have an opinion on the subject, but do enjoy the stories and analysis. That said, I felt compelled to echo your sentiments on how Firefox is getting worse with age. The grim inevitability of switching to Chrome gets more and more pronounced each day. Thanks for taking time to manage and contribute to this blog.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think the more popular something gets, the more inefficient it becomes.
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