Cloud in the valleys below Monte Generoso, and Rigi Kulm inside it
At 13:46 CET on 2026-11-06 the Monte Generoso camera looked down on cloud filling the Ticino valleys, while Rigi Kulm 130 km north sat inside it.
Notes from running opencctv.org
Whistler on camera, from the Sea to Sky up to 7th Heaven
Whistler Blackcomb publishes six mountain cams with their elevations, and DriveBC adds 41 more on Highway 99. Blackcomb opens on 2026-11-20.
Spray on the South Haven pier, and six more cameras in a November gale
Gale warnings cover Lake Superior and every open zone of Lake Michigan on 2026-11-05, with waves to 25 feet forecast off Marquette.
Clearwater Beach live cameras and when each one is worth opening
The cameras worth opening on Clearwater Beach sit within 1.2 km of Pier 60. Sunset on 2026-11-05 is 17:44, and that is the hour they earn a look.
Alaska on camera, from snow at Gunsight Mountain to the moon over Korovin
Alaska had 1,372 live cameras on 2026-11-04. At 04:15 Alaska time the Gunsight Mountain camera on the Glenn Highway showed snow going sideways.
The cameras around Frankfurt airport, from Egelsbach to the Feldberg
Egelsbach's apron camera sits 10 km from Frankfurt airport and stays floodlit after dark. 34 live cameras sit within 25 km of FRA on 2026-11-04.
The New Zealand cameras worth opening in November, Mt Nicholas to Ruapehu
859 live cameras in New Zealand today, 54 aero club frames refreshing every five minutes, and three sides of Ruapehu at ten-minute intervals.
Manitoba's highway cameras, from the Perimeter to the Emerson border
41 provincial highway cameras read live across Manitoba on 2026-11-04, from the Winnipeg Perimeter to the Emerson border crossing, refreshing once a minute.
Scotland on camera in November, from Cairngorm to a Shetland voe
Eleven Cairngorm Mountain cameras re-fetch every 60 seconds, and Scotland has 123 live cameras on the site as of 2026-11-02, from Granton to Shetland.
Austin's traffic cameras, from the I-35 upper deck to Congress Avenue
Austin has 681 live traffic cameras today, 83 of them along I-35 from the Hays County line to 51st Street, and the city's stills carry a clock.
The ten Nazaré cameras, and the swell window that opens today
Nazaré has ten live cameras on Praia do Norte and the bay, and the World Surf League tow-in window there runs from 1 November to 31 March.
Watching the Manawatū at Opiki, five minutes at a time
Horizons' Opiki Floodway camera looks along State Highway 56 across the lower Manawatū flood plain and puts up a new frame every five minutes.
The FAA weather cameras on Hawaii's ridges and headlands
The FAA runs 134 live weather cameras at 35 sites across the Hawaiian islands, up to four to a site, each one refreshing every ten minutes.
The Thanksgiving traffic cameras worth opening, Grapevine to the Cross Bronx
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday 26 November 2026. Eleven live cameras on the corridors that carry it, from the I-5 Grapevine to the Cross Bronx.
Ten railway cameras worth opening, from Zermatt to Tokyo Station
Ten live railway cameras checked on 2026-10-30: Zermatt refreshing every ten minutes, York from the Network Rail roof, Fostoria's three mainlines.
The Opiki floodway camera and eleven more across the Manawatū
Horizons Regional Council runs twelve cameras on the Manawatū and its tributaries, from the Opiki floodway to Foxton Bar, refreshing every five minutes.
Seven Antarctic stations on camera, and the sun barely sets
At 12:12 am on 2026-10-30 the Casey station camera still showed the whole base, 28 minutes after sunset. Seven stations, 16 live cameras.
Sakurajima from three shores, and the road cameras on the island itself
Japan's weather agency runs three Sakurajima cameras, at Ushine, Chuo-ko Shinmachi and Tarumizu Arasaki, and each posts a new frame every two minutes.
An empty boardwalk at 09:30, and how its video gets to your browser
On 2026-10-28 Dolle's boardwalk stream needed 3.03 Mbps and the Bolešov stork nest 2.42, and that division decides whether a camera can play at all.
Santa Cruz harbour on camera as the dredging season opens
The Santa Cruz Port District's webcam cycles between the entrance channel, the main channel, the beaches and the launch ramp car park.
Five cheetah cubs and the wildlife cameras worth opening in late October
Five cheetah cubs born 2026-10-05 stream from two Smithsonian dens every 30 seconds, and Blackwater's waterfowl camera opens its October to March season.
Fourteen cameras on the roads into JFK
Fourteen public cameras ring JFK on the Van Wyck, Conduit Avenue, NY878 and the Belt Parkway, the nearest 3.0 km from the airport reference point.
Snow under the chairs at Killington, and six more cameras before opening day
Killington has snow under the North Ridge chairs and grass at the Snowshed base this morning, and Lake Louise opens on 6 November.
I-95 in Florida, from the Brickell skyline to mile marker 380.5
The first camera on I-95 in Florida holds the Brickell towers over the southbound lanes. 515 more follow the road north, each refreshing every 30 seconds.
Hwy 17 at Laurel Curve before dawn, and eight more cameras anyone can open
Nine public cameras from the Highway 17 summit to El Cerrito Plaza BART, each one checked just after six in the morning on 2026-10-25.
Shibuya, Duval Street and the cameras worth opening on Halloween night
At 16:47 on 31 October the sun sets over Shibuya, and four public cameras in the ward carry Halloween night as video rather than stills.
The three Tacoma avenues getting speed cameras are already on camera
Tacoma's two speed cameras logged about 400,000 detections in four weeks. Sprague, Pacific and Portland Avenue each have a public WSDOT camera today.
Calgary's traffic cameras road by road, and the view from McHugh Bluff
Calgary publishes 217 traffic camera locations and the whole fleet reloads on one 62-second cycle, measured on 2026-10-24. The ones with a view.
Four views of I-90 in one frame, and nine more state DOT cameras
Ohio's Ashtabula camera sends four views in one 2560 by 1920 frame, replaced every 43 seconds. Ten state DOT cameras, measured on 23 October 2026.
Five Austrian glacier cameras already watching skiers
Pitztal has been skiing since 26 September and Stubai since 9 October. Five glacier cameras that show it, and which ones stop at dusk.
Where DC's 330 enforcement cameras stand, and what each one watches
A DC resident mapped all 330 fixed speed, red-light and stop-sign cameras in the District, with twelve months of ticket counts for each one.
Three Route 1 cameras either side of the Wiscasset bridge
MaineDOT's camera at Route 1 and Water Street in Wiscasset prints its own clock in the frame and posts a new picture every two minutes.
How the map draws 137,512 cameras as 148 markers
At the opening world view the map draws 148 markers for 137,512 live cameras: 124 cluster bubbles, 24 single pins, and four vector tiles.
Etna from the east flank, and how to tell if the summit is clear
Two cameras on the site look at Etna itself. One runs continuous 2K video from Nunziata di Mascali on the east flank, the other watches the South-East Crater.
Three cameras at Fort Pierce, and the plate readers coming down today
At 09:13:50 on 2026-10-20 the Fort Pierce Inlet camera showed clear water and building cumulus. It is one of three in St. Lucie County that name their host.
Five live cameras around Schiphol on the A4 and the A9
Five Rijkswaterstaat cameras sit within 12 km of Schiphol on the A4 and A9, and a sixth in Amstelveen prints the wind on every frame.
The national park cameras worth a morning, Mount Washburn to Boston Light
At 07:14 on 2026-10-19 the fire lookout camera on Mount Washburn caught first light on the Absarokas, with the season's first snow on the ridge.
The Myrtle Beach cameras worth opening, from the boardwalk to Cherry Grove
Sunrise at Myrtle Beach is 07:24 on 2026-10-19 and low water is 08:08, so the widest sand of the day lands 44 minutes after first light.
Five Japanese river cameras worth opening after dark
The Togetsukyo camera at Arashiyama showed a lit bridge over a black river at 21:52 Japan time. Four more Japanese river cameras stay lit all night.
The Highway 401 cameras from the Gordie Howe bridge to Curry Hill
198 live cameras sit on Highway 401 on 2026-10-18, Windsor to Curry Hill, and the busy ones at London and Cambridge step a frame every 120 seconds.
The Canadian Coast Guard cameras, from Seymour Narrows to the Canso Canal
Canada publishes 45 Coast Guard camera feeds. On 2026-10-17 a self-unloader crossed the Lake St. Pierre frame six minutes before the file was served.
Sacramento's freeway cameras route by route, and the three hours behind each
Caltrans District 3 publishes 275 public CCTV sites, 136 of them around Sacramento, each with a live stream and three hours of past frames.
The Milky Way over Maunakea, and six more cameras worth the dark
At 03:08 on 2026-10-16 the Subaru all-sky camera had the Milky Way corner to corner, the moon 67 degrees below the horizon and 30.7% lit.
Sebago Lake on camera, and the Maine lakes still in colour this week
Maine's 2026-10-14 foliage report puts the Sebago shore at peak and Greenville past it. The Jordan Bay camera runs all night on a ten minute cycle.
The cameras nearest Compton Abbas, from the gliding ridge to Dorchester
Two gliding club cameras 19 km north of Compton Abbas shoot the downs at 2560 by 1440, one frame a minute from 07:19 to 18:10 on 14 October.
How a search for white sands finds the Organ Mountain Pass sunrise
Typing white sands returned 22 cameras on 2026-10-14, led by US-70 at Organ Mountain Pass 7.9 km away, because the search falls back to geography.
The four Aspen Snowmass snow stakes, and how to read what they show
All four Aspen Snowmass stakes are cleared at 4pm, so the 24 hour column you read at breakfast holds the whole night, not just two hours.
Where the tide empties the harbour, from Wells to the Bay of Fundy
The gauge 80 m from the Port of Wells camera fell 2.77 m overnight on 2026-10-13, and six tidal cameras show the same places twice over.
LAX live cameras, from the control tower to the 405 ramps
Nineteen Caltrans cameras ring LAX on the 405 and the 105, sixteen of them HD video, plus a tower cam that caught Monday's sunset.
Where the first light lands this week, from Gornergrat to Haleakalā
Sunrise was 07:40 at Gornergrat, 06:43 at Jordan Pond and 06:18 on Haleakalā today, and six cameras show you where that light lands first.
Saskatchewan highway cameras, Trans-Canada to the Fond du Lac ice road
The province runs 53 live highway cameras, from Highway 1 at Moose Jaw to the airstrip at Fond-du-Lac, and their frames land every five minutes.
The Île Vierge lighthouses, and nine more Finistère cameras worth opening
The Les Abers camera holds both Île Vierge lighthouses in one frame, the 1845 tower and the 1902 one, and writes a fresh picture every five minutes.
Surrey traffic cameras, from the Fraser Highway build site to the M25
Two places called Surrey publish traffic cameras. 78 are live in Surrey BC and 94 within 25 km of Guildford, both counted on 2026-10-11.
Fourteen of our fifteen most-watched cameras look at one stretch of coast
On 2026-10-09 all but one of the fifteen most-viewed cameras here sat on the Gulf coast between Gulf Shores and Watersound, led by Destin.
Northern lights cameras from Abisko to Fairbanks, hour by hour
SWPC forecasts Kp 5.67 at 03:00 UTC on 2026-10-12. Abisko is dark from 18:34 UTC, Reykjavik 20:59, Yellowknife 03:02 and Fairbanks 05:23.
The far-north Norway cameras worth opening while the light lasts
Longyearbyen had 8 hours 31 minutes of daylight on 2026-10-09 and loses about two hours a week. Norway has 1,511 live cameras today.
Port Camargue at sunset, and the cameras that stay up all night
The Le Grau-du-Roi beach camera took its last frame of 8 October ten minutes after sunset. Six live cameras sit within 15 km of the marina.
The Swiss cameras worth opening at dawn, and the five that watch all night
Sunrise reached Zermatt at 05:35 UTC on 2026-10-08. The Swiss cameras pointed the right way sit between 1,604 and 3,883 metres up.
The nine Kīlauea cameras, and which one to watch when
Nine USGS cameras watch Kīlauea. On 2026-10-07 one caught visitors at the Uēkahuna railing and the thermal camera mapped the crater floor.
The six cameras at McMurdo, and the 374 sources behind the map
A six-camera module puts McMurdo and Palmer Station on the map. On 2026-10-07 that map held 141,596 live cameras from 374 working sources.
Both Avila Beach piers in one frame, and the cameras round the bay
Four cameras carry an Avila Beach address and a fifth watches the US-101 turnoff. Every frame burns in its own clock, and I read all of them.
Three St. Lucie County cameras you can watch, and who runs each one
At 09:09 on 2026-10-06 the Fort Pierce Inlet camera showed flat water and empty docks. It is one of three public cameras in St. Lucie County, Florida.
The cameras ringing Heathrow, from the M4 spur to Hatton Cross
Transport for London lists 15 road cameras within 5 km of Heathrow, and National Highways covers the M4 spur and M25 junction 14. Every frame carries a clock.
Iceland's road cameras put the weather in the frame
Vegagerðin burns wind, temperature and a clock into every frame. At 12:55 UTC on 2026-10-05 Holtavörðuheiði read N 7 m/s and -0°C.
Alberta's highway cameras, route by route, with the clock in the corner
Twenty-one Alberta road cameras checked on 2026-10-04: what each one shows, and the capture time 511 prints into the corner of every frame.
Live runway video from LaGuardia, Maho Beach and ten more airports
Twelve airport cameras that run as continuous video rather than a refreshed still, each confirmed streaming on 2026-10-04, with what every one shows.
Vancouver's bridge cameras and how often each one refreshes
The Lions Gate cameras refresh every 298 seconds, the Ironworkers north approach every 242 and the midspan every 900, counted on 2026-10-04.
Fall foliage webcams from Acadia to the Blue Ridge
At 17:31 on 2026-10-02 the sugar maples above Underhill, Vermont were half turned, on a research camera that has watched them since 2008.
Manhattan Beach and the South Bay piers on camera
The Manhattan Beach pier was lit end to end at 06:05 Pacific on 2026-10-02, and seven South Bay cameras were writing fresh frames that morning.
The Carolina pier cameras near Surf City, lit for night fishing
At 01:17 UTC on 2026-10-02 the Bogue Inlet pier camera showed anglers under the lights. Twelve live cameras sit within 80 km of Surf City.
The M6 junction by junction, 360 cameras from Rugby to Kirkby Lonsdale
The 360 M6 cameras all answered on 2026-10-01. Ninety sit in the Stafford run from junction 13 to 15, and nine look at Spaghetti Junction.
Waterville Valley on camera, and the 3,997-foot peak above it
Five live cameras sit within 4.1 km of the Waterville Valley base area, three refreshing every three minutes, with Mount Tecumseh behind them.
Portland's traffic cameras, bridge by bridge
At 05:29 on 2026-09-30 the Sellwood Rivercam had the bridge arches lit on the Willamette. Six Portland crossings carry a camera named for them.
Four live cameras sit within 3 km of Toronto Pearson
Ontario 511 has 21 cameras live within 5 km of Toronto Pearson and four within 3 km, on the 427, the 401 and the airport spur. Measured 2026-09-30.
How viewers' browsers keep New York's cameras honest
The 971 New York City DOT cameras load straight from the city into your browser every two seconds, and viewer beacons are what keep them checked.
The M4 in Wales on 74 cameras, Severn bridge to Pont Abraham
Traffic Wales refreshes its M4 stills every five minutes. We list 74 of them, from the Prince of Wales Bridge to J49 Pont Abraham.
How we tell a live camera from a placard
Ask five state DOT sites for a camera id that belongs to nobody and all five return the same 15,136-byte grey card. That is the signal we use.
Cleveland traffic cameras, from the Innerbelt curve to the lake
Cleveland had 54 live cameras on 2026-09-28: 19 on I-90 and 8 on I-480, ODOT stills every five seconds, plus USGS river gauges and Terminal Tower.
How we check 146,113 public cameras, fetch by fetch
Our fingerprint pass made 73,605 checks in the 24 hours to 2026-09-26, taking an MD5 of every image feed and matching it against known vendor cards.
Live hurricane cameras, from Jennette's Pier to the Bolivar ferry
Jennette's Pier, Masonboro Inlet and 43 more WebCOOS research cameras stream the surf zone every 30 seconds, from Port Aransas to the Outer Banks.
Seven highway cameras on the roads into Valemount
Seven DriveBC cameras cover Highways 5 and 16 within 101 km of Valemount, from the lit junction at Tete Jaune Cache to Messiter Summit.