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THE SONY REMOTE VIDEO
...DONATED BY APPLE- Mar. 2004
This remote controlled camera gives a full 340 degrees view of the land and surrounding waters of Great Race Rocks. The panoramic view with zoom capabilities can be controlled by the viewer. We are very grateful to APPLE for partnering with us to upgrade the equipment on the island.
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The horizon of Great Race Rocks Island took on a new appearance..
.. with the installation of the new robotic camera
in March 2004..
It sits on the highest point by the helicopter pad
Mike Slater, the resident Marine Protected Area Guardian, poured the concrete for the base in a depression lined with plastic. Mike did a great job of anchoring the assembly. Here he drills holes for the attachments. ..which would support the bracket which held the robotic camera ..which is now attached up under a protective aluminum hood.
The camera rotates, pans and zooms within a clear plexiglass housing At the base is the electrical transformer and the connection to the island's ethernet . The students of the racerocks.com activity do a webcast on a windy day.. ..from the top of the camera 5 viewpoint.
moonrise
Senate, Paul, Sonam and Emmanuel. doing a portable webcast. The view of the tower taken at dusk on the video 5 page.. Roberto and Garry give an introductory webcast demonstrating the camera..

Photos for this page by G.Fletcher

 The remote camerawith a moonrise. Be sure to check it out at night as well.
We are using two locations for the camera 5 on the website. http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/video5.htm provides the basic link. That image comes to you through the Akamai network, courtesy of Apple Computers. On that page the remote control link provides the remote controls. The remote control page is served directly from the camera provided by APPLE. http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/video5remote.htm

Be sure to use the manual focus when needed, and we apologize if the housing is covered with salt spray making viewing difficult, as it is not easy to keep it clean in this exposed location.

We have had collaboration from viewers in capturing pictures from this camera. See this example.
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