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Yellowstone Park launches Geyser-TV - January 24, 2008

Yellowstone Park has supplemented its popular still-shot Geyser Webcams with a live video feed of Old Faithful, one of the two most famous geysers in the world (the other being in Iceland). This promises not only Old Faithful but will also point at other geysers, including Beehive, Lion, and Giantess, when these are erupting.

“When bison, elk, coyotes, or the occasional bear wander into the camera’s view, live video images will be transmitted,” adds the park website.

Old Faithful is so named due to its regularity. Maybe this new webcam will reveal whether park rangers are putting soap powder into it – a common trick to make geysers erupt...

Other Yellowstone webcams are available here. For those of you who don’t want to wait, a video is embedded for your viewing pleasure.

Hat tip: Reuters

Posted by Daniel Cressey on January 24, 2008
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