What I want to do or know
I'm exploring if timelapse cameras can be used to monitor for pollution runoff into a stream.
- Has anyone used this method before?
- Are there any cameras that would be better than others for this?
- What is the best way to set up a camera for this?
- How far away should the camera be from the waterway?
- Does it need to have a particular angle? Is it better in the sun or shaded?
Background story
Here is a link to some background I've seen for this
And another case where a timelapse camera was used in [monitoring a mining site] (https://publiclab.org/notes/bkleist/08-30-2016/silica-frac-sand-research)
I'm not sure how often photos would need to be taken or how to set this up, but I'm interested in the series something like this could produce in terms of capturing visual changes in streams (pollution, or water depth).
Oops, my comment is poorly formatted, (can't re-edit but filed an issue) -- but you get the idea. I don't know of a moving body of water near LEAFFEST, but we could try a really basic timelapse of, say, the camping area?
There are some creeks, but they're very dark and shaded, and I don't think you'd see much change. @cfastie, what do you think?
I'd found this one on the thread I mentioned in my last comment:
Yeah - i saw that trail or hunting cameras have come down in price and gone up in quality a /lot/ since we tried them out in ~2011 (Hunter Daniel and I were hoping to do a timelapse of actual wetlands loss by running one for 6 months on solar power, kind of like that glacier timelapse project). They're now available at 12 megapixel resolution for under $100: https://www.amazon.com/Crenova-Hunting-Infrared-Scouting-Surveillance/dp/B00LHB4IKY/
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I saw your related request on the LEAFFEST organizing thread, just wanted to connect that info here as well:
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