The camera is currently looking toward the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) as it passes through Coquitlam on its way east to the Port Mann Bridge (see Camera #3).   This section of the highway is approximately 3.2 km (2 mi.) from the camera.   (For those of you familiar with the area, this is the section of the highway fondly known as the "5 o'clock parking lot", just east of the Ikea building.)

An image is captured every 30 minutes ... this is the most recent one.

During the winter "rainy season" and in summertime haze or smog, it is sometimes difficult to get a clear picture of the highway.   Browsing the past 24 hours (below) can often produce a good view.

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Test images taken with the old vidicon camera during March 1998 ...

6am      7am      8am   ... odd colors!
Snowcapped mountains on the horizon

Images taken with the new CCD camera beginning April 1998 ...

9am Smog ... definitely no snowcapped mountains on the horizon!
Early morning in late spring ... no smog this time, just low clouds.
Evening sunlight illuminating the Port Mann Bridge.
A purple sort of morning ... (yes, it really did look like this!).
An un-retouched picture of what looks like some sort of flying white creature ... (thanks to Ryan Palsgaard for bringing this to my attention).

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