Lick Observatory: Hamcam Theater

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OBSERVATORIES / LICK OBSERVATORY
Hamcam Theater	BACK TO CURRENT HAMCAM PICTURE
These timelapse movies were created by Elinor Gates from series of hamcam images collected at four-minute intervals. All are in mpeg format and should be viewable on browsers equipped with a QuickTime or similar plugin. Some of the movies may require several minutes to download.

Autumn Storm, 24 September, 2001: Looking west across the Santa Clara Valley as an unusual Autumn thunderstorm moves through. Look for the lightning strikes!
4Mb

Sunset, Sunrise, 23-24 September, 2001: The movie begins in the late afternoon. The sun sets over the South Bay; city lights appear; stars set and airplanes move in and out of Bay Area airports; a fog forms over the city; the sky lightens and the shadows withdraw from the foothills.
3.3Mb

Morning Light on the 1-m Dome, 19 September, 2001: Morning comes, the 1-m closes for the night, and shadows recede in the canyons.
0.6Mb

Night Fog on South Bay, 1 October, 2001: A zoomed in view of the fog forming over the south end of San Francisco at night.
1.6Mb

Moonrise, 5 October, 2001: Moonrise behind the domeof the 3-meter Shane Reflector. (The fainter of the moon images is an internal reflection in Hamcam.)
0.3Mb

Fire, 17 October, 2001: A short-lived fire northeast of Mt Hamilton. (The structure in the left foreground is a weather monitoring platform on one of the observatory buildings.)
0.7Mb

Moonrise and Dome Turning, 1 November, 2001: Shadows lengthen as evening settles on the mountain; the moon is seen through clouds, rising behind the dome of the 3-m telescope; the dome turns as astronomers work to observe through broken clouds.
1.3Mb

		Autumn Storm, 24 September, 2001: Looking west across the Santa Clara Valley as an unusual Autumn thunderstorm moves through. Look for the lightning strikes! 4Mb

		Sunset, Sunrise, 23-24 September, 2001: The movie begins in the late afternoon. The sun sets over the South Bay; city lights appear; stars set and airplanes move in and out of Bay Area airports; a fog forms over the city; the sky lightens and the shadows withdraw from the foothills. 3.3Mb

		Morning Light on the 1-m Dome, 19 September, 2001: Morning comes, the 1-m closes for the night, and shadows recede in the canyons. 0.6Mb

		Night Fog on South Bay, 1 October, 2001: A zoomed in view of the fog forming over the south end of San Francisco at night. 1.6Mb

		Moonrise, 5 October, 2001: Moonrise behind the domeof the 3-meter Shane Reflector. (The fainter of the moon images is an internal reflection in Hamcam.) 0.3Mb

		Fire, 17 October, 2001: A short-lived fire northeast of Mt Hamilton. (The structure in the left foreground is a weather monitoring platform on one of the observatory buildings.) 0.7Mb

		Moonrise and Dome Turning, 1 November, 2001: Shadows lengthen as evening settles on the mountain; the moon is seen through clouds, rising behind the dome of the 3-m telescope; the dome turns as astronomers work to observe through broken clouds. 1.3Mb