Inside view : Webcam images are sent back more or less daily at roughly the same time of day. One webcam (daily image) is pointed north at the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse located at the Haughton Mars Project Research Station on Devon island in the Canadian high arctic, in Nunavut close to the North Pole. This greenhouse [...]
Anyone can watch live images from Mt. Everest from their computer. Thanks to a webcam installed Sunday by the non-profit research association Ev-K2-CNR on top of Kala Patthar, at the height of 5,600 meters, high-resolution images are now available in real time of the best possible view of the highest mountain in the world. [...]
Viewers of an owl webcam streaming real-time images from the nest of a family of eight barn owls are calling for intervention on behalf of the youngest chick, which appears to be rapidly declining. The webcam, set up by Starr Ranch Sanctuary ranch manager Peter DeSimone, shows the owl family’s daily life inside a [...]
The countdown for space shuttle Discovery’s launch on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station is under way. The count began on-time at 3 p.m. EST with the team at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Control Center not working any significant issues. The weather forecast calls for an 80 percent chance of acceptable conditions [...]
Shuttle technicians and mission managers continue ongoing preparations for the space shuttle Discovery’s final launch on Wednesday. The STS-133 crew woke up at 5:15 a.m. EDT (0915 GMT) this morning. Commander Steve Lindsey and pilot Eric Boe performed practice landings in NASA’s Shuttle Training Aircraft, which mimics the handling of an orbiter during landing. Additional [...]
A newly installed webcam is providing the public with an opportunity to watch as the next rover destined for Mars is assembled. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is one of the most technologically challenging interplanetary missions designed ever. Dubbed “Curiosity” the rover represents the evolution in knowledge that has taken place within NASA over the past [...]
Thouasnds of patients will be able to speak to their consultant via webcam under a project being rolled out by NHS Lothian. The health board is already set to save £1.4 million a year after video conferencing was recently introduced for staff. Health chiefs think it could be extended to patients, saving them even more [...]
NOAA/PMEL’s first North Pole Web Cam was deployed on April 28, 2002. In order to conserve power and reduce satellite transmission time, web cams are programmed to send a limited number of images per day from the North Pole. The cameras are dynamically programmable, so PMEL can communicate with the cameras to change the configuration [...]