River Camera
Tamsyn
You can take temporary control of the camera by clicking "Play" button in the middle of the screen. Then click the "Control" button at the bottom of the screen. The slider bar at the top controls the pan (left/right) and the left-side slider bar controls the tilt (up/down). The zoom is controlled by the slider on the right-side. You can use the 3 buttons at the bottom right to (1) pause the image, (2) view fullscreen, and (3) control the camera position. Once you have control of the camera, a box with preset camera positions appears. Select a preset position to move the camera to the selected position.
The USGS maintains a variety of webcams across the U.S. These webcams provide valuable research information and data to the 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).
MF Bradley River below NF Bradley River near Homer, AK Monitoring location 15239060 is associated with a STREAM in KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, and TEMPERATURE are available. Water data back to 1991 are available online.
Taku River near Juneau, AK Monitoring location 15041200 is associated with a STREAM in CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, ALASKA. Current conditions of DCP BATTERY VOLTAGE, DISCHARGE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, and MORE are available. Water data back to 1987 are available online.
Salmon River near Hyder, AK Monitoring location 15008000 is associated with a STREAM in PRINCE OF WALES-HYDER CENSUS AREA, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, GAGE HEIGHT, and MORE are available. Water data back to 1963 are available online.
Red Cloud River at Anton Larsen Bay near Kodiak, AK Monitoring location 15297476 is associated with a STREAM in KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH, ALASKA. Current conditions of GAGE HEIGHT and STREAMBED ELEVATION AT MEASUREMENT POINT are available. Water data back to 2022 are available online.
Alsek River at Dry Bay near Yakutat, AK Monitoring location 15129120 is associated with a STREAM in CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, GAGE HEIGHT, and MORE are available. Water data back to 2011 are available online.
Tyee Lake Outlet near Wrangell, AK Monitoring location 15019990 is associated with a STREAM in CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA. Current conditions of DCP BATTERY VOLTAGE and GAGE HEIGHT are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 19:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Colville River at Umiat, AK Monitoring location 15875000 is associated with a STREAM in NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, PRECIPITATION, and MORE are available. Water data back to 1953 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 22:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Bradly River near Tidewater near Homer, AK Monitoring location 15239070 is associated with a STREAM in KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, and TEMPERATURE are available. Water data back to 1983 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 21:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Keep in mind the Nantahala is a dam-fed river, so you may see it at base flow (low water) or with a recreational release (high water). For information on the Nantahala River release schedule and water levels, click here.
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Once you've removed the battery, I wouldn't expect any further damage to be done, however, you'll need to dry it COMPLETELY before trying to see if it's still salvageable (else putting a battery back in is only going to cause more harm). Remove the time/date battery as well immediately.
For complete submersion, I'd do a partial disassembly, removing as many of the covers and pieces as possible, before putting it in a sealed container with a fair amount of a strong desiccant (preferrably with the camera in a cloth or paper bag to keep the desicant out of the camera body and components) such as Damp-rid (they sell it at Home depot and the like). The desiccant will suck the moisture out of the Camera pieces but it might take a few days. (personally, I'd leave it for up to a week)
Once that's done, you should be able to reassemble and test it with a fresh battery. If it functions (which is a big IF - given it was in operation at the time of submersion), you can go about cleaning any hard water/residue of the sensor stack and mirror and such. This may be the hardest part depending on the river water.
I, too, wouldn't hold your hopes to high, but you may get lucky - it depends on where the water got first, and what shutdown the camera's electronics did. Doing it right is certainly worth a shot (and may payoff), because right now you have a soggy paperweight.
Ed is correct: First try to flush out the river water with distilled water. Try to fill the camera with fresh distilled, drain and discard, fill again with fresh distilled, drain again, repeating a few times. Shake the camera gently to help the distilled water reach all the internal parts. (The seal between the sensor and AA/IR filter is air/water-tight in most of our cameras, BTW.)
Then partially disassemble the camera and dry it for quite a long time. The attic is a bountiful source of hot, dry air this time of year. (We dry our herbs up there.) I'd put the camera in a very thin, loosely sealed paper bag to protect it from dust, while allowing moisture to escape through the walls. Then I'd leave the camera in the attic for as many as several weeks.
Personally I wouldn't hold out much hope. The battery probably had ample time to destroy the fine traces on the circuitry boards. However, you've got a backup camera to carry on. After several weeks, pull your camera out of the attic, power it up, and you might get a pleasant surprise. Not likely, though.
Agreed about removing both batteries first of all. But then shouldn't you first leave it to soak in pure (deionized) water to remove any deposits left by the river water? Change the pure water once or twice. Then dry it out as above
That is an excellent idea! I hadn't even thought of doing so. I mean, it's not like it's going to do any more harm than has already been done, hypothetically it could cause some leeching of the plastics, but that is highly unlikely to do any harm (I just wouldn't drink the used water ;) ) to the camera's functionality, and is probably going to do a lot of good...
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