11/25/2005: Pete's Pond
This is the mack daddy of webcams. It's a man-made watering hole in Botswana, Africa built by Pete Le Roux to give the animals a place to gather and drink where they'd be safe from poachers. National Geographic has given us a live stream of it that runs 24/7 and it'll blow your mind.
The sanctuary built by Le Roux has not only revived the wildlife populations but has made them thrive. The numbers of creatures you'll see (and hear) are astounding, only outdone by the variety. Launch this one and you got your own wildlife documentary running on your desktop, and you never know who might show up next or what they might do.
Read more about the site, the cam, and the animals at National Geographic. You can also launch the cam direct by pasting this URL into your RealPlayer: rtsp://rx-wes-sea159.rbn.com:554/farm/pull/tx-rbn-sea05:1259/encoder/ngm/ngm/live/live.rm (click File, Open)
Check it out before it goes dark December 8th when the monsoons come to the area. Different types of day bring different activity, and they even have night vision.
