From: "John Beamish" 

Well, there is that.  OTOH, this is one of those times that it really is worth it.

On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:57:49 -0400, Geo  wrote:

> stupid thing tried to install windows media player on my machine..
>
> Geo.
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tg15qpy9m6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> This is a live webcam from South Africa transmitting pictures from a
>> waterhole in a private game preserve.  The camera is actually manned
>> 24x7
>> so whenever anything interesting appears, the operator will pan the
>> camera
>> and zoom in.  At night, there is a slight artificial illumination and
>> the
>> camera broadcasts black and white.  During the day it is, of course, in
>> colour.  They have a microphone that is highly directional and whenever
>> you see an animal lapping you will invariably hear it lapping at the
> water.
>>
>> Remember that there is a time difference so checking in during the
>> evening
>> in North America catches the middle of the night over there.  That's
>> not a
>> problem, actually.  At night, V and I have seen herds (well, 10-12)
>> zebra,
>> a couple of elephants, some water buffalo (including some rutting), and
>> quite a few other species.  During their day, we've seen monkeys and a
>> bunch of other creatures.  I'm just watching the sunset right now.
>>
>> One thing you will note:  the constant cacophony of animal and bird
>> calls
>> daytime and night.
>>
>> http://www.wavelit.com/popup/player.asp
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