Google Joins Search For Loch Ness Monster

Google has joined the search for the Loch Ness Monster by taking its Street View cameras across the famous Scottish loch.

It sent teams to take pictures both above and below the waterline to help armchair Nessie hunters to explore the area.

Google said the development was to mark the anniversary of the release of the Surgeon's Photograph - a 1934 hoax image claiming to show the monster in the misty waters of the lake.

A post on Google's official blog said: "Sail across the freshwater lake and take in its haunting beauty, made darker still by the peat particles found in its waters.

"Let the Loch unlock the spirit of your imagination, where the rippling water, tricks of the light, and drifting logs bring the legend of Nessie to life."

It took Google around a week to take the photographs, with a diver being used to take the Street View Trekker camera under the waterline, before attaching it to a boat for the above-water shots.

Loch Ness is the largest Scottish loch by water volume, containing more fresh water than all the lakes of England and Wales combined.

Google says there are more searches for Loch Ness than the likes of Buckingham Palace.