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| Keywords: KENYA, Watamu: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 18 January 2016, HerdTracker's Carel Verhoef tests a smartphone streaming signal from a detachable GoPro camera mounted on the carapace of a green sea turtle at the Local Ocean Trust (LOT) in Watamu ahead of it's release back to the Indian Ocean. In a world first, the event was streamed over the internet, broadcast on Twitter's Periscope application as the sea turtle entered the surf and swam back out into open water. Kenya's famous wildlife and beautiful tropical coastline was for two weeks being showcased in a series of live web broadcasts using state-of–the-art technology. #KenyaLive enabled people to witness the excitement of a night safari in the Mara in real time using specialist night-vision equipment as well as the release and first moments back in the wild of rehabilitated sea turtles which had accidentally been caught in fishing nets along the Watamu coast. The series of broadcasts highlighted the work of the LOT turtle conservation organisation, in addition to the many other and varied activities Watamu has to offer including stand-up paddle boarding with dolphins, snorkelling and scuba diving, all broadcast live by HerdTracker and Make It Kenya using the social media application Periscope. MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. KENYA, Watamu: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 18 January 2016, HerdTracker's Carel Verhoef tests a smartphone streaming signal from a detachable GoPro camera mounted on the carapace of a green sea turtle at the Local Ocean Trust (LOT) in Watamu ahead of it's release back to the Indian Ocean. In a world first, the event was streamed over the internet, broadcast on Twitter's Periscope application as the sea turtle entered the surf and swam back out into open water. Kenya's famous wildlife and beautiful tropical coastline was for two weeks being showcased in a series of live web broadcasts using state-of–the-art technology. #KenyaLive enabled people to witness the excitement of a night safari in the Mara in real time using specialist night-vision equipment as well as the release and first moments back in the wild of rehabilitated sea turtles which had accidentally been caught in fishing nets along the Watamu coast. The series of broadcasts highlighted the work of the LOT turtle conservation organisation, in addition to the many other and varied activities Watamu has to offer including stand-up paddle boarding with dolphins, snorkelling and scuba diving, all broadcast live by HerdTracker and Make It Kenya using the social media application Periscope. MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. | ||||
