The recent post in the Wikipedia community about the Trojan Room coffee pot got me thinking: are there any interesting webcams still running on the web? If so, do you have any favorites?
Aside from my local ski area I didn’t think I could name a single webcam still running.
Security cameras and baby monitors are basically glorified webcams with cloud storage.
There are many, especially on weather stations and some City outlooks. There are also some on mountains.
Oh and the one from NASA that steams to YouTube.
If you’re talking about the ISS earthcam I’m pretty sure that’s been dead for years at this point unless they revived it and I haven’t heard about it
I used to love watching it
USGS maintains some cool ones, and has a youtube page for when something rare happens at Mauna Kea or wherever.
Scripps Institute has a bunch. The underwater camera at their pier in La Jolla, CA, is pretty active.
Oh man, the Scripps cams are making me want a beach vacation. It’s been too long since I’ve been to the ocean.
I’ve not got any confirmed links to hand, but I know there are loads of wildlife webcams out there, ranging from cats in shelters waiting to be adopted, to rescued animals in rehabilitation, to birds of prey in their natural habitat, and everything in between.
There are also webcams pointed at volcanos, and others broadcasting from random locations all over the world (weather cams, security cams, and so on), so you can get glimpses in to everyday life.
Cities usually have a few on touristic monuments
