Check out this new webcam, hosted by Canon, at Yellowstone National Park.
www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/yellowstonelive.htm
Click on "Launch Old Faithful Geyser Live!—Video WebCam"
It shows streaming images of Old Faithful and the surrounding geysers. It is actually operated by a person, so if not much is going on with OF, it will pan over to show another geyser erupting. If you didn't already know, the area surrounding OF is some of the most geothermally active territory in the world, rivaled only by parts of Iceland. So there is plenty to see from just this one webcam
I know OF is considered cliche by snotty intellectual types, associated with throngs of tourists, who talk loud, litter and allow their spoiled children to kick wildlife, but I think it is one the coolest things I have ever seen. Even with the tourists, it is cool.
The great secret of Old Faithful is that you can watch it with noone around, even in high tourist season, if you just go toward the end of the evening or early morning. This is easy to do if you stay in the geyser area. After nightfall, you can't see it erupt at all even though it is only a couple hundred yards away. For something that seems so familiar, the darkness of night is a reminder of how remote it really is. For a large part of the year it is only accessible by snowcat vehicles, park staff, snowshoers. It is really only visited by large crowds for 3 months of the year.
www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/yellowstonelive.htm
Click on "Launch Old Faithful Geyser Live!—Video WebCam"
It shows streaming images of Old Faithful and the surrounding geysers. It is actually operated by a person, so if not much is going on with OF, it will pan over to show another geyser erupting. If you didn't already know, the area surrounding OF is some of the most geothermally active territory in the world, rivaled only by parts of Iceland. So there is plenty to see from just this one webcam
I know OF is considered cliche by snotty intellectual types, associated with throngs of tourists, who talk loud, litter and allow their spoiled children to kick wildlife, but I think it is one the coolest things I have ever seen. Even with the tourists, it is cool.
The great secret of Old Faithful is that you can watch it with noone around, even in high tourist season, if you just go toward the end of the evening or early morning. This is easy to do if you stay in the geyser area. After nightfall, you can't see it erupt at all even though it is only a couple hundred yards away. For something that seems so familiar, the darkness of night is a reminder of how remote it really is. For a large part of the year it is only accessible by snowcat vehicles, park staff, snowshoers. It is really only visited by large crowds for 3 months of the year.
