ABC 2002: A Guide to the World of Web Cams (U.S.)
N E W Y O R K, Dec. 31 -- Among the many weird and wonderful things the Internet has wrought is the proliferation of Web cams that make it easy to view the world without leaving your desk.
The relatively simple technology behind these cameras has been put to countless creative uses, knitting together people and places in new ways. With a few clicks, users can see everything from current weather conditions at the poles to the status of the coffee pot at a Cambridge University computer lab.
Below, you'll find an assortment of Web sites that feature Web cams, some of which you may have seen during the "ABC 2002" special report.
ABC 2002 Web Links
Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural HistoryHubble Deep FieldLondon PreparedLegend of "Champy" The White House Holiday Virtual TourOffice of the Mayor, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Weekly Column Kids for Afghani KidsDawn Online NewspaperAfghanistan News.netPakistan Online Daily NewsIndia Today Online NewsJapan Times Online Moscow Times OnlineColonial WilliamsbughCartoonBank.comOsama & Taliban Song Parody Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman Online Caribbean Satellite Weather (Intelicast) Arlo Guthrie Online Woody Guthrie.orgUSMC Parris Island OnlineAny Servicemembers OnlineSalt Lake City 2002 Olympic SiteUpside.com "Dot Com Graveyard" World Health Organization (WHO) SOHO (NASA and ESA)
United States
Alabamba: Perdido Pass, Orange Beach
Alaska: Anchorage, 4th Ave. at G Street and 4 views of current Anchorage weather; Summit airport; Fairbanks; Mt. Sustina and other views
Arizona: Sedona views
Arkansas: Downtown Little Rock
California: Lake Tahoe; San Francisco Bay; San Francisco Emarcadero Center; San Francisco Gate views; Newport Beach
Colorado: Aspen Mountain; Cheyene Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs
Connecticut: I-91, Hartford Exit 27
Delaware: Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington
District of Columbia: 15th and F Street, Washington
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