Jul 21 2009 - Dino's new home

The precarious camera housing on White Island.

The camera housing support on White Island has become badly degraded by the ravages of time and the environment. The picture on the left shows the camera housing levitating on the wall of the old factory on the island. Two rusty expansion bolts were all that was holding the camera up!

The housing has now been placed in a shallow hole until a new, permanent installation is built. So the images you are seeing since noon yesterday have a new field of view. This new webcam position is about 100 metres further back from the crater, and the view overlooks the factory up towards the crater. Most importantly Dino was given a new home on a conveniently located rock just in front of the camera.

The camera is showing its age, and we plan to replace it in the not-too-distant future.

Dino's new place in the sun!