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Celebrate National Park Week with Street View and the Cultural Institute

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Celebrate National Park Week with Street View and the Cultural Institute ABOUT ZENFONE - Celebrate National Park Week with Street View and the Cultural Institute, The National Parks have famously been called �America�s Best Idea.� The 400+ parks, preserves, historic sites and other areas in the National Park System are a source of national pride, home to hundreds of species of flora and fauna, a place for researchers to study and discover�and above all, destinations for explorers and adventurers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. This week (April 16-24) marks National Park Week, and we thought we�d do our part in celebrating the occasion by helping you get one step closer to visiting these amazing places. With Street View in Google Maps and the Cultural Institute, you can park hop your way through 50 states, from sea to shining sea. Start at the southern tip of Florida with the Everglades�the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S. and a UNESCO heritage site. Go deep inside the...

An eye for detail Zoom through 1 000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute

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An eye for detail Zoom through 1 000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute ABOUT ZENFONE - An eye for detail: Zoom through 1,000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute , So much of the beauty and power of art lives in the details. You can only fully appreciate the genius of artists like Monet or Van Gogh when you stand so close to a masterpiece that your nose almost touches it. As you step back from the brush strokes, you wonder how it all comes together. At the Google Cultural Institute, we know that people love experiencing art in close detail. Millions of people spend time exploring our ultra-high resolution �gigapixel� images, inch by inch�spotting something new every time, like a hidden signature or the individual dabs of paint that give the impression of shimmering, turbulent waters. Zooming into these images is the closest thing to walking up to the real thing with a magnifying glass. This is why we�re so excit...