Live view of Hekla volcano. Hekla is 1.491 meter high volcano, located in the highlands of Iceland. Scientists believe that Hekla is likely to erupt soon and if that happens – you will be able to watch it happen live. The webcam was installed in partnership between Iceland´s National Radio, Iceland´s Civil Protection Department and [...]
Webcams have been proliferating of late at the Observatorio Volcanológico de los Andes del Sur (OVDAS) in Chile: nine are now linked from the main page of the OVDAS website. The latest addition is a new webcam for Chaitén, giving a view of the caldera, with an image that updates every 10 seconds or so. [...]
Twenty-eight miles beyond San Francisco, a chain of rocky islands form a mostly undisturbed wildlife sanctuary that some biologists refer to as California’s Galapagos. And now bird-watchers and marine mammal enthusiasts have access to the area, thanks to a recently installed webcam.
The solar-powered camera is atop a lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, part of the [...]
You may remember the Hexapod Robot that Matt Denton built. I think this new Chiara Robot could give Matt a run for his money as far as features and power. Chiara was developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tekkotsu lab, best of all it will be manufactured and sold by RoPro Design, Inc. David Touretzky, Gaku [...]
Map of carbon monoxide in Cambridge. Source: Cambridge Mobile Urban Sensing Project.
A chance encounter in the coffee lounge of the Cambridge chemistry department could lead to real-time maps of pollution in the city, as an offshoot of an EU project that is nearing completion in the city.
A team in Cambridge which has been running the [...]
Yes, today’s post is another freebie for teachers featuring webcam feeds you could be incorporating into your classroom. Consider these as teleportation devices to many of the world’s greatest landmarks, national parks, and historical significance. In addition they are virtual eyes that allow students to study animal behavior patterns and habitats. Possibly they could be [...]
The Hawaii Volcano Observatory’s Web site was recently revamped to make access to our increasing number of Webcams easier for viewers and the HVO staff who post Webcam images. All HVO Webcams are now linked through a single menu.
The menu lists our five Webcams showing Mokuaweoweo, Mauna Loa summit caldera, the Thanksgiving Eve breakout vent [...]
For those who might wonder just how the skeletal remains of birds, squirrels and other vertebrate skeletons on display at the Royal Ontario Museum acquire their gleam, a live webcam will allow a special glimpse into the Museum’s bug room for the first time. Not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach, [...]
After being offline for three months while Mars Express passed behind the Sun, the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) – known around here affectionately and unofficially as the ‘Mars Webcam’ – is back in action.
Access the Mars Webcam here. Space webcam listing here.
Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt Volcano has had 5 eruptions overnight and early this morning which has sent ash 9 miles up into the air or about 50,000 feet. Geologists has been expecting this and we at Right Pundits have been watching the volcano activity closely. More volcano eruptions from Mt. Redoubt are expected. Alaska’s Mount Redoubt [...]