Thank you, thank you, thank you. Today I had what Jon Stewart might call my moment of zen. I clicked on your streaming video link of Old Faithful and idly watched another geyser get active then calm down. I figured there was little chance of seeing anything happen at such a random moment, but I kept the site up for a while anyway.
Soon, a buffalo strolled into the picture, grazing on the parts of the grass where the snow had melted. I was so excited that I had to call Tim. (He’s nice to humor me at moments like this.) While we were on the phone, Old Faithful erupted! My first time to see it live (so to speak) and in action. Then a hawk flew by and another buffalo walked into the photo. Poor Tim had to hear my entire Disney narration of events, but I couldn’t help it. It was calming and exciting at the same time.
Plus I didn’t have to endure the cold to enjoy it. Thank you for that, too. =)
By golly, today was your lucky rainbow day.
Two buffalo, a hawk and an eruption! “Twas more than I got. Last Wednesday someone sent me a chain email entitled The Luck Of The Irish Prayer. It read, if you prayer and forwarded the letter to 20 people and made a wish you would have luck within one week.
Guess what I got? A spam email telling me I was the winner of 100,000 Great British Pounds. Probably pounds of bangers and chips or bad pulled teeth or British wit. What’s the link to old faceful. I need to be cheered up, please?
It drives me INSANE when LJ cuts out before I’m finished with a comment. I just did a long response to you that vanished. I’ll try again.
The live web cam is at
http://www.nps.gov/PWR/customcf/apps/stream/stream.htm
Today is a gray, overcast day there, so you can see lots of steam. But the actual eruption of Old Faithful, about every 90 minutes, is unmistakable and majestic. There’s a voiceover on a loop. After you’ve heard it a couple of times, you might want to turn down the sound (there’s a sound button on the site; turning it down won’t affect anything else you may want to listen to–as in my case, iTunes). Sometimes the video stream will stop-just hit the forward arrow and it will start again.
The still camera is at
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm
That camera refreshes about every 25 seconds. It also gives predictions of approximate times Old Faithful will erupt, but only when the visitors’ center is open. Right now, it’s closed, but predictions will resume on April 18.
I didn’t realise there was a voiceover. I guess I don’t usually have my speakers on.
(What!? You mean Tim didn’t immediately log off of what he was doing and go to the site so he could see it all for himself?!)
I haven’t had much time to watch the site since I found it, but it sounds like you hit a great moment to watch! I know not everybody can appreciate it, but I think it’s so neat to see it in the streaming video like that–plus all the other nature you get to see. =)
What!? You mean Tim didn’t immediately log off of what he was doing and go to the site so he could see it all for himself?!
I know! Clearly, he’s dead inside.