Archive for the 'Webcam Science' Category

Webcam from around the North Pole

This north-facing webcam is perched on top of a bank building in downtown Barrow, Alaska, according to Alaska.edu. The webcam is located at 71° 17′ 33″ N, 156° 47′ 18″ W. Apart from providing a visual impression of the sea-ice conditions off Barrow, these images establish a longer-term record of key dates in the seasonal [...]

Comet’s last voyage

Watch a comet’s last voyage as it plunges into the sun tonight. Today scientists are turning their equipment towards one comet in particular, which will be making a suicidal plunge into the sun. In an amazing example of modern technology, you can watch what is essentially a live stream of the event at Helioviewer.

Abandoned Albino Seal

An adorable albino seal pup who was rejected by her family has found a home and her own webcam at a Russian dolphinarium. The seal has since been adopted by the Akvatoria dolphinarium in Adler, Russia, where she has her own special, brightly colored enclosure with a pool. Her rescuers gave her the name Nafanya [...]

Old Victorian House

For both ghost-spotters and Ghostbusters, this could be a dress rehearsal for the real thing. These are 7 live webcams set up in a 100+ year old Victorian house attempting to capture evidence of a haunting. All this while I thought you couldn’t capture a real ghost on film. Guess I was wrong as there [...]

Men are pervs, women are gold diggers

Miratech and its international partners have conducted the first international eye tracking study to measure how men and women look at the photo of a sexy young woman. Conclusion: the men look at the woman’s chest and the women look at her ring. Miratech led a study involving men and women in equal proportions, for [...]

Watch online Mars500 hatch opening

At last the ‘journey’ is at an end for the Mars500 crew of six, who complete their simulated mission to Mars on 4 November. Join us to watch the opening of the hatch and the egress of the crew, including the two ESA volunteers Romain Charles from France and Diego Urbina from Italy. Streaming starts [...]

Island Webcam Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island  lies in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean,  half way between New Zealand and Antarctica. The population of the base, the island’s only human inhabitants, usually varies from 20 to 40 people over the year. Since 1948 the Australian Antarctic Division has maintained a permanent base, the  Macquarie Island Station,  at the foot [...]

Bonaire National Marine Park Webcam

This is an underwater remote camera which brings you images from the marine park located in the Caribbean. You can select your refresh rate (lowest being 2 seconds) and watch a real-time feed of marine life. This camera is located at a depth of 15 meters on the drop off at the dive site called [...]