EarthCam, the world's favorite webcam network and recognized authority on the Internet camera industry, has released its seventh annual list of the world's best webcams.

This year's 25 Most Interesting Webcams (http://www.earthcam.com/top25) includes a global cornucopia of live cameras from countries that include Austria, Egypt, England, France, Japan, Spain, Sweden and the United States. These unique live Internet cameras offer viewers access to the Great Pyramids, koala and panda bears, swimming piranhas and African elephants. Other webcams invite you to tour Valencia, Spain via 50 scenic network cameras, witness being booked into jail or even tour Elvis' Graceland mansion.

"Since we began our Top 25 list in 1999, the Internet has literally exploded with live webcam images," said Brian Cury, founder and CEO of EarthCam. "Internet cameras have become a viable and pervasive communication medium for education, entertainment and tourism marketing. We applaud the producers of this compelling content, and this year's list of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams is our most diverse and international to date."

The 25 Most Interesting Webcams were chosen by a panel of EarthCam producers who selected the best out of hundreds of popular webcam nominees. Generated by submissions from individual webcam owners, fans and EarthCam researchers throughout the year, many of the nominees were featured in EarthCam's weekly Top 10 List. The criteria used for judging included quality of the image, uniqueness of the content and overall technical achievements in webcam technology.

EarthCam's next featured event is the December 31st live webcast from Times Square of the 2006 New Year's celebration sponsored by Panasonic (http://newyears.earthcam.com/).

EarthCam.com is the leading network of live webcams and offers the most comprehensive search engine of webcams from around the world. EarthCam provides complete infrastructure services to manage, host and maintain live streaming video camera systems for its consumers and corporate clients. Clients include MSN, Yahoo!, Sprint, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Ford, NASA, Pfizer, JetBlue, This Old House and Discovery.com. As the foremost provider of live images on the Internet, EarthCam webcasts events such as international concerts, Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageants, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve in Times Square and the Super Bowl for the NFL.

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