It seemed of little practical value, but he liked designing and building the equipment-and driving back and forth along the Pacific Coast Highway to his sampling site at Big Sur was fun.

当时他的这一举动看起来没什么实际价值，但这个年轻人喜欢设计和制造设备——乐此不疲的往返于太平洋海岸的高速公路和位于大苏尔的采样点间。

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The project was part of a Street View "refresh" of California that involved a trip down Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast, including the famous Bixby Creek Bridge that spans the mouth of a coast-hugging canyon.

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