That live cam is very interesting at the moment. Top kill preparations by robots...

[time_has_come]

http://www.wkrg.com/gulf_oil_spill/spill_cam/

[lonestarnot]

1. Looks ominously evil. Hope it works.

[RKP5637]

5. Yeah, it looks like the stuff nightmares are made of, ominously evil. All sort

of spooky, that depth and with the lighting and all, and horribly complex maneuvers and alignment.

[lonestarnot]

8. Now dat ting looks like an alien snake.

[RKP5637]

2. Yeah, I was watching them for sometime align a wrench with some really

tricky maneuvers between two robotic arms. Earlier they lowered down something that looked about the size of a huge refrigerator with lots of piping and all. It is fascinating to watch.

I've been using this feed directly from BP.

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

[time_has_come]

3. saw that. trying to get an allen key wrench into a nut. Crazy. Not much to see now....

..but that could change. Looks like we're getting a view of the top kill preps. Smart of them to let us see everything.

[RKP5637]

6. The wrench kept slipping out, I was getting knots in my stomach watching, felt

like I was playing a video game. I wanted them to win and get the screw turning.

[CountAllVotes]

12. I noticed that too

it couldn't hang on in that wet oily mess!

:kick:

[elleng]

4. Looks like a bunch of nothing, at the moment!

thx

[time_has_come]

7. ur right. For a while there was some intense robotic manouverings going on.

We'll probably see them on youtube.

[jp11]

9. Robots underwater doing crap would be cool if it wasn't for all this damn oil.

[Webster Green]

10. Yeah, it's a trip watching them.

I can't figure out exactly what they're doing, but it's amazing to watch.

[tridim]

11. Karma to the people at the joysticks. The stress must be awful.

Their work is being broadcast live to the whole world. I would lose it.

[elleng]

14. Think THEY'RE holding their breaths, or just us?

:thumbsup:

[Akoto]

13. I hate to make light, but ...

Under different circumstances, the phrase "top kill preparations by robots" would probably be alarming for other reasons.

In seriousness, though, I hope this works out!

[global1]

15. They Didn't Want This Live Feed Active During The Top Kill Procedure.......

I'm wondering now if they are rushing to do it sooner - like overnight - in hopes that not many people will be watching the feed should something go wrong.