Thursday, July 29, 2010

Olympic Committee Happy with London 2012 Site Progress

London 2012 Olympics webcams


With exactly 2 years now to go before the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee has visited the site of the Olympic stadium and declared his satisfaction with the progress of the development work.

The live views above show the Olympic stadium construction sites.

Bangkok Named as The World's Top City

Bangkok webcam live city view

Some respite from some difficult recent times for the city of Bangkok came today in the form of the award of the prestigious award of the World's Top City by the respected industry Travel and Leisure magazine.

The Governor of Bangkok, Sukhumbhand Paribatra told a news conference: "What we have in our hands is very precious," said Sukhumbhand. "We must prevent troubles and any more losses from happening in our beloved city. We should not damage it any further."

This webcam has a dramatic live of the Bangkok city skyline.

Pensacola Webcam Shows Tourists Returning to Florida Beaches

Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Island on Florida's Emerald Coast

Live view from Pensacola Beach as the BP oil spill concern recedes, and tourists return to the beach and ocean.

One of the major concerns surrounding the recent BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico was the impact on the local tourist industry, and in Florida's coastal regions in particular there were real concerns that their livelihoods were under threat.

At the peak of the crisis, tar balls were washing up onto the white sand beaches, swimming was impossible and even fishing in the gulf waters was stopped.

A week on from the plugging of the well, and with surface oil fast dispersing, the live view form one of Florida's most popular beaches at Pensacola shows that the summer season tourism is thriving once again.

Gulf of Mexico Webcam

Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Webcam - BP Oil Spill Live Feed

Live webcam feed from underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the plugged oil well.

The positive news continues to emerge form the Gulf of Mexico, with claims now emerging that , as well as the plug on the previously leaking oil well continuing to hold, the water which was previously floating on the surface water of the gulf is already almost completely dispersed.

The live feed of the capped well shows the success of the current capping effort.