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Webcams

The USGS maintains a variety of webcams across the U.S. These webcams provide valuable research information and data to USGS scientists, the National Weather Service, emergency managers, and area residents to evaluate near, real-time conditions during natural hazard events (most webcams refresh every 5 - 20 minutes).

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Image of ten minutes of video that highlights the brightest pixel values in the video, like the wave froth on the beach.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 1 Bright Image

Bright image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking northwest. This bright image shows the brightest pixel values throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Image of ten minutes of video that highlights the changes in the darkest pixel values in the video.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 1 Dark Image

Dark image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking northwest. This dark image shows the darkest pixel values throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Vegetation in foreground up on a beach bluff above flat beach with waves gently lapping, sky is cloudy in distance.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 1 Snapshot

Snapshot from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking northwest. The snapshot is the first frame of a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change. [

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Dark image of a coastal area shows standard deviation of pixel density for 10 minutes, brighter areas mean more movement.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 1 Variance Image

Variance image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking northwest. This variance image shows the standard deviation of pixel intensity throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 2 Bright Image

Bright image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking north. This bright image shows the brightest pixel values throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 2 Dark Image

Dark image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking north. This dark image shows the darkest pixel values throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change. [

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Coastal vegetation in foreground along beach bluff near flat beach with waves gently lapping, sky is cloudy in distance.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 2 Snapshot

Snapshot from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking north. This snapshot is the first frame of a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study coastal change. [

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Time-exposure image with vegetation in foreground on coastal bluff looking down on flat beach, waves appear to be smoothed out.

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 2 Timex

Time-exposure image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking north. This timex (time-exposure) image is a time average of all frames in a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Sunset State Beach Video Camera 2 Variance Image

Variance image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking north. This variance image shows the standard deviation of pixel intensity throughout a 10-minute video sequence. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study

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Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

USGS 01531500 Susquehanna River at Towanda, PA

Susquehanna River at Towanda, PA (01531500)

Attribution: Water Resources, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

Sweetwater Creek 0.05 miles US RR Bridge, Austell (02336910)

We have installed a webcam at the Sweetwater Creek 0.05 miles US RR Bridge, Austell to allow you to view, in real time, the current river-stage conditions.

This webcam is located at site 02336910, which is near the Sweetwater Creek near Austell (02337000) water-monitoring site.

During periods of flooding, the South Atlantic Water Science Center - Georgia will

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Attribution: South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Tearcoat Branch at I-95, near Manning (021355015)

We have installed a webcam at Tearcoat Branch at I-95, near Manning to allow you to view (in real time) the current river-stage conditions.

During periods of flooding, the South Atlantic Water Science Center will take control of the camera.

Camera is sponsored by the SC Department of Transportation.

Attribution: South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Time-averaged image for Sand Key, Florida

Most recent time-averaged from Sand Key, Florida. The images are used to examine a range of coastal processes including shoreline position, the presence of an offshore sandbar, and the extent of wave runup on the beach.

Attribution: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Time-averaged images at Madeira Beach, Florida

Most recent time-averaged from Madeira Beach, Florida. The images are used to examine a range of coastal processes including shoreline position, the presence of an offshore sandbar, and the extent of wave runup on the beach.

Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Video image of a beach shows the changes in bright pixels over a 10 minute exposure period.

Tres Palmas Video Camera Beach View Bright Image

Video camera bright image at Tres Palmas in Rincón, on the west coast of Puerto Rico. Learn more about the cameras and how we're using them to study wave dynamics.