OK, I think it’s official. There’s nowhere on the planet you can escape the glare of a camera lens. Scientists from Italy have installed a solar powered, web enabled camera near the top of Mount Everest — and everybody’s invited to watch.
We’ve already seen Twitter enabled on the top of Everest, as well as high resolution models that allow you to scale Everest from the comfort of your couch. Now you can check out Everest’s snowy action via high definition webcam.
The camera in question is a Mobotix M12, running off solar power but at temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees, which is I suppose the kind of thing you’re going to have to endure if you’re trying to claim the crown of the world’s highest webcam. Needless to say, you could go higher by placing one on the peak, but then what would you look up at?
The Webcam stream is live for pictures only — you can follow it here — and updates every five minutes.
A quick note to those who still have nefarious Everest-related schemes in mind (and of course, our loyal Abominable Snowman reader community); the Webcam’s switched off at night. Go crazy then. [Evk2cnr]
Tyson
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 2:53 PMI’ll be there in 30 minutes!
stevjosco
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 2:54 PM“Needless to say, you could go higher by placing one on the peak, but then what would you look at?”
Umm, I don’t know, the view from highest peak on Earth maybe.
I mean that’s probably the No. 2 reason people climb to the top of Everest (No. 1 being the achievement in itself).
So, who’s gonna be first to put a web-camera on the very top? I’d also like to have one set up on the moon… mainly because that’s another place I’ll probably never get to.
Alex Kidman
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 3:01 PMThis is what happens when I miss a crucial ‘up’ in a sentence. Amended now :)
Otacon
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 3:03 PMI think I read an article a while ago about a company setting up mobile towers at the base of the mountain to enable 3G services. It’d be awesome to upload a picture to Facebook when you reach the top.
Andrew
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 4:27 PMI don’t see any cardstand there.