Friday, April 23, 2010

Travel the World by Webcam

It’s one of the many benefits of the technological revolution, being able to sit in the comfort of your own home and travel the world, viewing exotic and remote locations that you may never actually get to visit in person.

Innovations that were barely conceivable just a couple of short decades ago make this an everyday possibility for many people. Developments such as Google Earth and Street View can take you just about anywhere on the planet in the blink of an eye, revisiting old haunts, checking out a favourite holiday destination of the past, or checking out places you may want to go in future. How brilliant is it to be able to go to a holiday destination before you actually go away, and take some time to familiarise yourself with the location and surroundings?

Excellent though these facilities are, they still fall short of the live element, and this is where the humble webcam comes into its own. Erected in locations from the mundane to the spectacular, there’s very few popular places on the planet that don’t have a webcam pointed at them these days. Hunting them out can take up way too much valuable time, but thankfully we’ve seen the development of a number of webcam directories in recent years, where available web cameras are grouped into easily accessible categories and locations, making your trip easy and quick. One such recently launched directory, http://www.myworldwebcams.com offers an excellent selection of exotic locations – surf or ski, climb mountains or trawl through valleys all in one easy location. They were even able to take you onto the slopes of Eyjafjallajokull fra Valahnuk in Iceland, to witness first hand the eruption of the mighty volcano.

So next time you have a little free time on your hands while surfing the net, why not go on a quick trip around the world, guided by global webcams?

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Iceland Volcano Webcam

A new webcam link added today - a spectacular view of the erupting Eyjafjallajokull fra Valahnuk volcano in Iceland, currently responsible for causing severe disruption to air traffic around the world.

http://www.myworldwebcams.com/iceland/volcano_webcam.html