Amazing 360 Degree Videos of Haiti

Check out these amazing videos that allow you to pan 360 degrees, look up and down, and play and pause.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.html

This interaction is delightful (other than the fact that you're looking at the devastating images of haiti). There is a straightforward prompt to click and drag to see where I'd like. Once I click and drag, I quickly learn how to pan in any direction. I can look up, down, behind me, and to both sides. If I see something that I'd like to look at more closely, I just pause the video and scroll around. The only thing it's lacking (interaction-wise) is the ability to zoom.

I think it does a great job of letting people see the current reality there. I would appreciate some commentary on what is going on in the places they drove through and recorded. I think this would help the user connect even more deeply with the current situation in Haiti and maybe even motivate them to action.