Main Beach Santa Cruz time-averaged image
Detailed Description
Two video cameras atop the Dream Inn hotel in Santa Cruz, California, overlook the coast in northern Monterey Bay. One camera looks eastward over Santa Cruz Main Beach and boardwalk (shown here), while the other looks southward over Cowells Beach. Every half hour during daylight hours, the cameras collect snapshots and video for 10 minutes. This image from January 1, 2022 is a time-averaged image of all the images taken at 8:00pm PST.
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Public Domain.
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