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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
Giant Forest Webcam Link
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| The breathtaking view west from The Giant Forest Webcam on a clear day reaches all the way to the San Joaquin Valley. A layer of polluted air can clearly be seen hanging over the valley. With increasing air pollution blowing up into the Sierra Nevada from the Bay Area and the Valley, clear days are becoming ever more rare. |
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The Giant Forest webcam is one of a network of digital cameras at many parks to help educate the public on air quality issues. These cameras often show the effects of air pollution such as visibility impairment. Because these cameras are typically located near air quality monitoring sites, the camera web pages display other information along with the photo such as current levels of ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide air pollutants, visual range, and weather conditions.
NEW! Charts of the last ten days of hourly weather, ozone, particulate matter, or sulfur dioxide data are now available. To view, click the blue "10-day Charts" tab now appearing on the right side of each park's web camera home page.
The digital photos are usually updated every 15 minutes, while air quality data values are revised hourly.
Go to the Giant Forest Webcam page > > >
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Webcam: View west from Giant Forest
Note: Weather information you will see to the right of the photo is temporarily incorrect.
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Your Safety
Know park hazards and what to do if you encounter them.
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Current Advisories
Details on roadwork, delays, and closures.
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Current Fire Information
Read up-to-date news about fire incidents and projects
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Did You Know?
Sequoia tree rings tell a fascinating story of survival and adaptation. Many sequoia cross-sections do not show a neat set of concentric growth rings. Among the rings are many scars — indicating repeated fire damage — and as many curved rings, the growth that eventually covered over the scars.
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Last Updated: March 31, 2008 at 15:23 EST |
