The camera on the salt flats

[TrickyDicky]

Camera cleaned up yesterday.  Perhaps someone saw this thread?

How long will it last?

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Might be AI? 

[TrickyDicky]

Someone really doesn't want that lens to stay clear.

[deepindebt]

Per Ellen from USFRA, checked with the BLM on concerns with the camera, their response, The camera is solar powered and when its cloudy for a prolonged period the batteries don't hold enough charge to keep the lens in focus. Asked the staff who maintains it if they would charge the battery- they said know. Now we know.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Not my JOB!  :-P

[deepindebt]

 

[Stan Back]

I'd gues thay saed "no" -- butt what due eye no.

[aircap]

It's like a really boring TV show.

[WOODY@DDLLC]

It's baaaaaaaaaaaack! 

[aircap]

I'm not buying the excuse about the battery being run down. It's something else.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

f the battery is charged solely by sunlight - it makes sense that it's low and they don't "recharge" it.  The days are short, there's not enough daylight to charge fully so it goes dead sooner than desired. 

[Stainless1]

If you watch the movie instead of looking at stills you can see there was no human intervention in the camera view... no new tracks.  I was skeptical of the battery story, but you can see mid-day the camera comes back
https://horel.chpc.utah.edu/data/station_cameras/bflat_cam/bflat_cam_yesterday.mp4

[Dodge Brother]

Looks like we are finally seeing some moisture, I can't recall the last time the salt was dry this far into the year?

[aircap]

Pretty sloppy out there all day.

[gowing]

When I see these pics, I wonder what it looked like there 50 years ago.
Could the mud still be seen thru the brine back when the salt was thicker?