My favorite webcam for a very long time has been the remotely controllable TundraCam run by several research groups at the University of Colorado. It’s located 17 miles west of Boulder at a research station (elev. 11,600 ft) on Niwot Ridge. I’ve watched many a sunset and thunderstorm with the cam, not to mention hikers passing through the area, wildlife browsing, wildflowers nodding, etc.
Over the years the webcam has been available intermittently, often shut down by winter weather or factors I could not fathom. It’s been several years since I last found it operable or even thought to look for it. But thanks to a search term I saw in my stats (somebody looking for it), I just discovered it’s up again.
Check out the TundraCam. It pans, zooms, tilts, and expands to full-screen size, and the view will only get more interesting as summer progresses. Click “control now” in the lower right corner to activate the controls, which are rather clumsy and slow to respond. I find it easier to just double click the screen where I want the camera to point.
YEAAAAAA! Thanks this is a very cool one ( and summer will bring some great images!)
I’m so excited it’s back. I’d given up on seeing it again, taken it off my links page, etc.
This is so cool!
It really is, isn’t it? What will really cap the experience is the day you watch some hikers make their way across the meadow, stopping to point at things, or chat, or have a snack, up there at almost 12,000 feet …
Almost like being a peeping Tom?
It does make you feel a bit like a voyeur. It almost makes you wish you could shout a “hi” to them so they’d know you were there.
Wouldn’t that be a kick? Some sort of two-way sound system so you could talk to the hikers, and vice versa?