The link to the webcam is now running:
The display tank should be arriving between 4.30 and 5 pm.
(The large blue sling is currently hanging over the tank) . . .
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41 Comments
Getting a nice clear picture and looking forward to ‘tonight’ as it will be here in England.
I really hope everything goes well, and thank you for sharing this with us. Very best wishes.
Smivs.
I’m having trouble connecting to the server, just wondering if its on your end or mine, I really dont want to miss it!!
I tried all the links but none of them are working, anybody else having problems?
Indeed, there seems to be a problem… we’ll look into it.
It’s back on now. Enjoy
Hello from California,
Nice to see you all working while I eat Mexican food and enjoy the sun. The tank looks gorgeous. Hope all goes well.
Carol
Thank You So Much for Getting The Problem Fixed!!!!
Everything Looks Perfect!
Hey Karen – is the audio coming through OK? We’ve had a few troubles with people not getting the audio. Can you hear OK?
Hi Guys, your server works well -I am a watching at 128Kbs bandwith and it looks good. I can see the guys scrubbing the display tank. Its just past midnight in Saudi Arabia.
Tamojit
Not that you asked me but we have lost the sound too. Had it for a while – when Steve was examining the squid. But lost it soon after.
The audio isnt working at the moment for me either.
I hope the mantle rip stitching goes off well and also the egg extractions. It looks good from here (though I just lost sound since my last message).
Thanks for sharing — you guys make things look good.
TAMOJIT
Hey thanks Karen, I’ve asked Richard – our Webcam expert to check it out. We’ll get back to you asap
I am watching the transfer and will be most of the day here in sunny California. I hope it all works out still no sound though.
Audio is back
Thanks Again!!
Thanks – Richard has sorted the sound now- we hope – how is it for you in sunny California Troy?
Thankfully it is sunny again in Wellington – we’ve had terrible rain and flooding but the sun has come out for our Squidling!
Let us know if there are any more issues with the sound. Sometimes we switch between camera feeds and need to make sure we switch mikes as well!
Thanks guys, sounds back
Tamojit
Saudi Arabia
its great and sounds back to yay i just saw carol diebel my aunt and she is going to be watching to from a different computer.
talking about the rain, its been raining straight here in Canada for the last 6 days, YUK! I think even the grass and gardens are thinking “enough is enough” hehe
I’m glad YOUR having a sunny day at least
yeah its nice here sorry about the rain i hate rain.
It’s dark here (Benbecula, UK) but no rain, at least not just now. Pictures and sound good.
Helen
Oh Well, since its raining its a good excuse to stay in all day and watch this
(I would have watched it even if it was sunny out, lol I wouldnt miss this for anything)Thanks Again for letting the public watch!!!
We’re just moving the camera to get a better shot of the squid! All’s gone dark on Squid Cam but will be up in a mo’
It’s all gone black and very quiet. Someone pulled the plug out?
Helen
The lid is being put back on so that it can be removed again for the documentary filming . . .
Oops sorry Karen – yeah we did turn it off while we moved the camera – we think this is a better angle so you can see the squid a bit better.
uh oh, just lost audio/video
Oops thanks will get right on to it – in the mean time we’ve up some fab shots of the eye
thanks for getting it back so quick
Where can we see the pics of the eye?!
Cool thanks Karen. We’ve put 2 new posts about the eyes up – one with pics and the other with comments from Bruce the Collection Manager here.
http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/08/06/the-eye-great-photos/
http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/08/06/more-about-the-eyes/
Let us know if you have any questions – these scientists are just hanging out til the media get here at 2pm.
do you think that someday, or ever in the “future” that one will ever be caught “alive” and be able to be kept “alive” somehow? Just a random thought, lol
That would be something else now wouldnt it, to have one on display alive!!!
I forgot to mention that the pics of the eye are quite impressive,never saw an eye so big before!Holy Cow!!! Thanks for posting the links for me!
Hi guys
Thank you all so much for inviting me along to share this experience with you all. I wanted to reach into the screen to hold on to the frame as it was being moved across to help out. It is now 3.30am and I need to go to bed.
Thank you
Helen
No worries Karen – you have been giving us excellent technical support – letting us know when things are down…hee hee. Hope you caught the lift – it was pretty exciting here!
Sleep well Helen – I tell you it was an exciting time here! I swear Bruce, the collection mananger in charge of the squid, hardly breathed during the whole process! Thanks for joining us.
It was just as exciting here for me too
Would have loved to been there to see in person…..to bad I live in Nova Scotia, Canada, lol
We’ll have some video up – next week I hope – so if you go to bed you can catch up with what’s left of the day. They are going to do the sewing up, fill up the tank with glycol and then put the lid on.
You’ll have to come and visit us down under some time and see the squid in real life!
will you be stitching it up soon, just wondering as its almost midnight here, lol
What will be taking place after its repaired?
Awwww thanks guys
Glad I could help, hehe
I’d Love to visit sometime and see the squid for real!!
After the film crews have gone, we’ll be doing some stitching! Jane, the Communications manager here thinks they will be doing something within half an hour. If you go to bed we’ll be putting video up some time in the next week so you can catch up then.
I’ll just have to make my eyes stay awake for awhile longer then wont I, hehe The video will be great, but nothing like watching “live” hehe
Thanks everybody, your Great!!
Awwwwwww you guys, that was Sooooooo sweet that you all looked into the cam and waved!!!! And you mentioned me “the lady in Nove Scotia” hehe That was Awsome