HPWREN

The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN), supports Internet-data applications in the research, education, and public safety realms.

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In the pre-dawn hours of March 3, 2026, the sky above San Diego County’s Palomar Mountain region put on a rare celestial performance: the last total lunar eclipse visible from North America until New Year’s Eve 2028. https://t.co/K2SAoZK1aS

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A rapid unscheduled disassembly of a microwave tower on Mount Laguna's Monument Peak on 2/18/26 was documented by Sudoku Ham of the Open Research Institute. Read the article: https://t.co/vsyd8fqF6o

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The HPWREN 2025 Year in Review was just released. See the in-depth writeup at https://t.co/kUA2Ug4WMV

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Several HPWREN cameras saw the re-entry of the Dragon space capsule as it was lighting up the sky along California’s coastline.
https://t.co/xXmagWbjkK

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Aurora Borealis, as seen (mostly) from Southern California on 11 Nov 2025.
https://t.co/jEwbMmFVbY

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Check out the HPWREN 2024 Year in Review - now live: https://t.co/WeUWdtqXCi

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Border 2 fire on Otay Mountain - revised view of ignition. Full details in the video description. https://t.co/OnNjmsKxvI

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Robert Quimby, a professor of Astronomy at @SDSU has used images from the east-facing HPWREN camera at the Mount Laguna Observatory to show how the Moon's position in the sky changes as it moves through its orbit. Watch the video at: https://t.co/bnEwN1Es50

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After the fires: winter wonderland. This time-lapse shows the 360 degree view around the Mount Wilson Observatory on 01/27/25. While the video will work on a "normal" screen, it will look better on a virtual reality device that supports surround views. https://t.co/btGg5assKY

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This time-lapse shows the Border 2 Fire from before its wispy start at 13:23 or before, then progresses to burn on top of Otay Mountain. The video then runs until 18:00 and shows two opposing 180 degree views on top of Otay Mountain, with some overlap. https://t.co/yjyvX3qdEw

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Here is an update on the new user interface for HPWREN camera data. The interface is available at https://t.co/6Ny8CuMWoX & will likely replace the current interface as early as the end of Feb. Narration provided by the software's author Daniel Farcas. https://t.co/ZAbvrT3SAO

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180+ degree view from the Mount Wilson Observatory. 7 January 2025 to noon on 8 January 2025. This is a composite from two HPWREN cameras: https://t.co/B8WTTnLWUc

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This is a time lapse created from once-per-minute images of the Franklin Fire near Malibu, northwest of Los Angeles. The video shows a full 360 degree view around the LA County 69Bravo helitac site from 22:20 until about 7:49 next morning. https://t.co/uA50S1KCTk

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For more than two decades, the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (@hpwren) has been providing high-speed networking capabilities to hard-to-reach areas within southern California.

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A scientific bounty from Santiago Peak! Read our latest article that dives into the #AirportFire how it inspired action from researchers across the globe. https://t.co/i2wimKLWw9

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Don't miss this new article by Robert Quimby, Director, Mount Laguna Observatory, and Professor of Astronomy at San Diego State University - Using the Stars for Altitude-Azimuth Calibration of HPWREN Cameras

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Multi-day time-lapse 360 degrees view of Santiago Peak via all four HPWREN color cameras, each has a persistent 90+ degrees fixed field of view. The time series starts at noon on 9/9/24, & runs until 9/14/24 11:00. Bridge Fire & Lane Fire are also visible https://t.co/tjblKfiWYC

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This time-lapse shows an image series of the Airport Fire seen 9/10/24 via HPWREN's west pointing camera on Santiago Peak between about 9:40 and 14:39. It shows an impressive fire approach at 4 frames per second, & when the camera got painted and by whom. https://t.co/Apodk3ChrR

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This time-lapse shows the #AirportFire from Upper Bell & Upper Teluga. 4,530 images were taken at a frame per min. times 4 cameras, amounting to 18,120 photos played back at 30 fps. Time spans from noon 9/9 - 15:30 on 9/12. Plume is visible around 13:04. https://t.co/jG5zMwPaBU

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This time-lapse video shows the #AirportFire east of Santiago Peak in Orange County on Sept. 9 from Santiago Peak. The images were taken at a frame per ten seconds, and played back at 30 fps. This longer version extends the video to about 18:00 on Sept. 10 https://t.co/JeYmhDqpew