First underwater webcam

Last updated: September 4, 2017 at 17:56 pm

2000 – Caribbean WebCams, successfully installed the world’s first permanent underwater Reef WebCam (or ReefCam) off the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire on August 24, 2000.

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