Canyonlands National Park Island in the Sky
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Webcam Location: Canyonlands National Park Island in the Sky
Location of Park Unit: Utah
Image Type: Primarily Natural Environment
Description: “View from the Island in the Sky Visitor Center, looking east.” Source: NPS. “Remote web camera deployed in Canyonlands National Park” “The primary objective of the cameras is to capture and document regional climate variability.” Source: USGS. One of six web cameras in the American Drylands Project in the Desert Southwest region.
Note: This is a “long-term ground-based digital camera station” used by the USGS “to determine the location, size, frequency, duration, and transport patterns of dust events in the western North America.” Source: USGS
Type of Webcam: Static
Related Webcams: Canyonlands National Park
Operational Status: Normally operates year-round
Primary Manager of Webcam: United States Geological Survey
Image Credit: United States Geological Survey
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