article: Oct 29 2009 - Dino's in the clear!

A permanent replacement webcam for the White Island Factory camera has been installed in a new housing.

The new camera has a 90 degree field of view and has been aimed to include a small portion of the bay where the tour operators land so that they can see landing conditions on the island. The operators often send us photos and updates from the island and it's useful for them to know the landing conditions in advance. The camera also has infra-red night time functionality so look out for nice night time shots when a full moon is around. The camera is also recording 1 frame per second video onto an onboard memory card so that in the event of an eruption we will hopefully have some good footage of it. The memory card will hold about 10 days' worth of images. A couple of photos from the installation trip can be seen below.

It goes without saying that Dino has resumed his role as the GeoNet mascot on White Island, now looking clearer thanks to the new camera.