Around the World in 80 Clicks

November 8th, 2008 by timbotron

Live webcams are “so Web 1.0″ . . . but it’s dark and rainy out today and I’m bored.

I managed to make a lap around the world in 20 minutes. It’s fun, you should give it a try:

Waikoloa, Hawaii - Watch the Pacific and the sway of the palm trees.
Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.
Mild Seven Hill, Hokkaido, Japan.
Monkey Park, Japan.
Tokyo skyline, Japan.
More Tokyo skyline, Japan.
Hong Kong skyline, China.
The Wolong Panda Research Facility, Wolong, China - Watch the Pandas.
Koh Samui, Thailand.
The Mai Thai Bar, Phuket, Thailand.
• Mamukala Wetland, Kakadu National Park, Australia - only viewable in daytime; at night, you get stuck watching a National Geographic montage video.
Traffic in Calcutta, India - Bicycles everywhere.
The Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel.
The Giza Plateau, Egypt - The Great Pyramids of the Giza Plateau, Egypt; try to catch sunset at the pyramids.
• Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana.

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.
The catacombs beneath Paris, France.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany.
Meersburg, Germany.
Lake Geneva, Switzerland - Very scenic.
The Great Sundial at Pajala, Sweden.
Traffic in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tromsø, Norway - A little dark and cold this time of year.
Tallinn, Estonia.
• South Harbor, Helsinki, Finland.
• Museokatu, Helsinki, Finland.
• Stockmann Department Store Parking Garage, Helsinki, Finland - by request, some Finland webcam links : ).
Moscow, Russia.
Snowy Kemerovo, Russia.
The Arctic City of Norilsk, Russia - At the right time, you can see aurora borealis in the skies.
• The Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Trafalgar Square, London, England.

• Times Square, New York.
The Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
• Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, New York - A hallway in a notoriously haunted apartment building.
Boston, Massachusettes - The large tank at the New England Aquarium. They have sharks!
Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. - The have sharks, too.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Grand Canyon, Arizona.
The Grand Canyon (again), Arizona.
Tijuana, Mexico.
• Underwater Coral Reef, Belize - this one’s pretty cool.
The Panama Canal, Panama.
Foggy Alcatraz, San Francisco, California.
• Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo Beach, California.
Multiple Beaches in Southern California.
Seattle, Washington - A view from the Space Needle.
Underwater at Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington - Watch crabs crawl about the ocean floor.
Qila, the Beluga Whale (and her baby calf), at the Vancouver Aquarium, Canada.

4 Responses to “Around the World in 80 Clicks”

  1. Makko Says:

    This post sucks, there is no cam from Finland.

  2. timbotron Says:

    Okay . . . here’s a webcam of Finland: Enjoy!

  3. Elina Says:

    ha, I didn´t need to whine about local camlessness :D
    (camlessness=real word?!)

  4. Susan Says:

    Actually, that will come in handy. I am developing a geography 101 course, and I plan to structure it around James Bond…they always shoot on location…so I can use these to give people a real live taste of wherever I am talking about that day!

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