Mauna Kea Observatories
March 24, 2008
The 4,200 meter high summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii houses the world’s largest observatory for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomy. Over a dozen countries have scientific facilities on the summit of the mountain.
There is an amazing collection of twenty webcams at the top of this mountain. In addition to being a terrific collection of cameras, this site has an impressive amount of weather data and a wide range of satellite images of the Pacific Ocean region. Thumbnail below will be helpful in identifying the countries involved in this scientific work.
Tasmania Bridge Webcam
March 24, 2008
The Tasman Bridge is a five-lane bridge crossing the Derwent River, near the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania. The bridge has a total length (including approaches) of 1,395 meters (4,576 ft) – longer than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It provides the main traffic route from the CBD (on the western shore) to the eastern shore – particularly Hobart International Airport and Bellerive Oval. It has a pedestrian foot way on each side, but no dedicated lane for bicycles. However, steps to the pedestrian foot way have recently been replaced with on-ramps.
This is a sunrise in Hobart captured a few days ago, and I found a small traffic cam for a portion of the bridge.
