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Pollonia, Milos
Posted by: Ylee, 12:35 PM GMT on November 30, 2012 +3
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Shortly after I joined WU and started blogging, I quickly realized my list of good cams to post here was woefully short! Being hamstrung by the internet restrictions given to me by work, I started searching the web(using Bing via usa.gov), trying to find cams that had "mil" and "gov" in the URL. One night, I came across a link to a cam from Milos. "Where in the heck was Milos?", I wondered, clicking the hyperlink.

Whoa! It was large,(but not too large) had a crystal clear view, and what a view! A perfect combination of far away scenery with a foreground that actually had stuff going on, it also filled in a spot that enabled me to have a cam in the daylight for 24 hours! Needless to say, it occupied a place in the blog almost every week! However, a month ago, a thunderstorm fried the modem and router serving the cam, and rendered the cam dark! Fortunately, the cam itself was spared!

Who is behind the Pelicam, you ask? Well, the one behind the installation of the cam is a fellow by the name of Jean-Marie Lapaire! This is Jean-Marie below with the cam!

Jean-Marie is a native of Switzerland, which explains the Swiss flag the pelican was holding the other day!

The other one behind the cam is Andreas Mallis, who has vacation rentals around the bend from the cam! It's his business, Andreas' Rooms, that sponsors the cam!
Here's Andreas with his boat; he sometimes takes guests on excursions around Milos, and the neighboring islands.


Anyway, I thank Andreas and Jean-Marie for keeping the pelicam up and running through bad weather and trying economic times!



From Milos, Greece, the Pollonia cam!
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Courtesy of TroyLeslie, the feeder cam!
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Courtesy on New Zealands' Horizons Regional Council, the Whanganui River Mouth cam!
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From Meteo Valtellina, the Albaredo cam!
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Thanks to the US Forest Service, the Columbia Gorge cam!
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From Brisbane Storm Chasers, the McLean's Bridges cam!
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Thanks to Chapman's Mille Lacs Resort, the Isle Bay cam!
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From spotazores.com the Sete Cidades cam!
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From Jigokudani Yaenkoen, the Snow Monkey cam!
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From Big Hole National Battlefield, the Big Hole National Battlefield cam!
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Updated: 1:24 AM GMT on December 01, 2012   Permalink | A A A
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Luray, Luray
Posted by: Ylee, 12:57 PM GMT on November 22, 2012 +2
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Luray, Virginia is where the headquarters of Shenandoah National Park is located. Back in the 1930s, when lands for the park were being aquired, the mountain people were bought out, some of them being given lands and homes outside of Luray. It is said that some of them moved back into the park, as they were more partial to the old way of life!

Now, as then, Luray has been connected to, and owes its lifeblood to, the Shenandoah. Hiking, camping, and fishing have brought people here for well over a hundred years!

Now, the Campbell family, which has a goat farm there, has recently expanded their operations to include tours and weddings held at their facilities! Of course, they have to show off their grounds with a fine webcam!

Thanks to Khimaira Farm, the Blue Ridge cam!
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From Mioveni, the Primaria Drasului cam!
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From University of Hawaii at Hilo, the Wailoa State Park cam!
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Courtesy of TroyLeslie, the feeder cam!
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From morfeas2002, the Western Taygetos cam!
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Courtesy on New Zealands' Horizons Regional Council, the Akitio cam!
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From Grand Teton National Park, the West Gros Ventre Butte cam!
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From Campi Ya Kanzi, the Live From the Savana cam!
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This Is Not America
Posted by: Ylee, 12:57 PM GMT on November 07, 2012 +3
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A lot of people would think(especially Americans) that when it comes to webcams, the U.S. has a majority of the cams worldwide. However, this is not the case. The webcam site Webcan Galore has over 10,000 webcams in its directory, with only a little over 3,400 coming from America. Since WU is generally mostly frequented by Americans(and even more importantly to me, that I am an American, most of my blogs have at least 3-4 U.S. cams in them.

This week, with one small but important exception, I'm staying away from the U.S., camwise!


From HakaiWeather, the Hakai lookout cam!
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From Primorye-On-Line, the City cam!
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From Louis64, the Espelette cam!
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From Martin Grund, the PinguinKam!
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From the Ocean Watersport Center, the Kuredu Beach cam!
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From KnysnaHeadsWebcam, the Knysna Heads, South Africa cam!
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From ESSV, the Casa Dorada Beach cam!
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From Adelaide, Australia, the Outer Harbor cam!
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From Joran, the Agordino cam!
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Courtesy of TroyLeslie, the feeder cam!
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Updated: 8:10 PM GMT on November 11, 2012   Permalink | A A A
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