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Hi I can never find the most current photo so I thought post a direct link to the address

http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/webcam/whitney_L.jpg

So when the photo shows expand and on the screen not the photo right click the mouse and refresh, the most current photo will show. I think?

Also:  Whitney WebCam progress thread

That's an impressive picture!!

The picture below shows the current picture. But again, you will have to refresh every 10 minutes.

For those with huge screens, this is the full-size picture. These pictures come from the Mt Whitney Hikers Association website.

Steve, is this what you have in mind?



I'm not sure if I labelled Lone Pine Peak and Mt. Muir correctly.

Hi Wayne,

I think your label of Lone Pine Peak is actually the ridge leading up to Candlelight Peak & Irvine, but I do believe you have Mt. Muir labeled correctly though. A little help here Doug?

Yes, that's close, Wayne. Thank you. Only I was thinking of a picture from between 10 AM and 1 PM on a clear day. See this one from Joel Baldwin's archive. (only snag a full-size picture like you did with the one above.)

And I am sure many people would like to see lines pointing to the approximate locations of the MR notch, Iceberg Lake, Upper Boy Scout and Lower Boy Scout Lakes.

Thanks, Mike. I'm still getting my peak-sighting program calibrated for the WebCam location.

Steve, it would be great if Dale Dalrymple with his expert photo skills could help out here, or BobR with all of his annotation skills.

With the web camera working and a storm in the Owens Valley today we can see the value of a bad weather backup system. Are there any plans for a bad weather backup like the Forest Service has long used in town? It works like this:

Good weather: green line
Bad weather: red line




Dale B. Dalrymple
http://dbdimages.com

I'd be happy to support this, but you'll have to share what you have in mind.

Dale B. Dalrymple

That gray photo up above gives me fair warning that I oughtn't bother heading to Lone Pine if my intention is to photograph the mountains. Leave it be.

Dayle: I've not seen the Forest Service's "Mt. Whitney on a cloudy day" sight.  That's good!  

As for what I had in mind... Just get one of the web am's sunny day pictures from mid day (I can do that part). Once we get a good picture, take it and add the identifications that Wayne has done, and then add a few more for all the identifiable spots, such as I named above.

Once we get a good one, I'll store the image on the website, and put a link to it so those interested can view it. ...hope that makes sense.

Has the ranger station alternate view been a source of confusion for you during bad weather in the past?

Dale B. Dalrymple
http://dbdimages.com

Mike, I think I've calibrated my little peak-sighting program for the WebCam location. The peak I mislabelled as "Lone Pine Peak" is Peak 3581 on my topo map. And the peak peeking behind the north shoulder of Peak 3581 matches my calc for Mount Muir.

Dale, I would be happy to send my peak-sighting page to you, if that could help you annotate a photo for the WebCam. It also shows the locations for the Whitney Portal Store, the lakes, and some other places in the 10-degree panorama.

Thank you all who put in a lot of time and effort on the webcam. I can now sit and gaze at Whitney many times a day and it makes me feel, at least in a small way, that I am there!

Poster: ocn2mtz
Subject: Re: Whitney webcam photo

Thank you all who put in a lot of time and effort on the webcam. I can now sit and gaze at Whitney many times a day and it makes me feel, at least in a small way, that I am there!


For the thousands of us out here that feel just like ocn2mtz, a heartfelt thanks Doug, Steve, and others that have had a hand in making this happen.

Nice job. Looks great!

Thanks O.A. and o2m and everyone else. It has been a lot of fun. I still have software tweaks and more plans to do, but at least we have the major part going. I'm enjoying seeing Doug's view just as much as everyone else!

And a BIG thanks especially to Doug -- his building the Hostel with its vent in the attic set up for the camera, providing the computer and keeping it running, getting it connected to the internet, and of course, hosting this board. Doug, you probably don't realize how many people will be getting that warm-fuzzy fix every day out of this. 

Now... Daryl or Wayne, here's a great picture from this morning at 9 AM that I think is about as good as it can get. If you could copy it and add the annotations, it will make a nice addition for people to see. ...We can make it our "Whitney on a cloudy day" alternate picture.  
( Actual image location is: http://stevec.smugmug.com/photos/476201173_Ps6Qv-O.jpg )

SteveC

Picture copied

Dale B. Dalrymple

The picture still doesn't look right! Too many white in the photo! Need more tweaking!

I was thinking the white balance was out - "not enough" white - please add some more.