Testimonials
Explore's mission is to bring people closer to nature and to champion the selfless acts of others - and so we'd love to thank our wonderful community of live cam viewers, commenters, and camera operators for your contributions, taking part in our online neighborhood, learning alongside us, and for sharing so many kinds words about explore. You are the heart and soul of our organization! Here is what our fans are saying:
"I want to join the chorus of all the people in thanking you for the windows you are giving us into the animal world and world of nature. Words can't express how I've enjoyed your website! Thank you so very much for your live cams. Love them!!"
"Thank you so much for your site! I watched the Hummingbird's babies fledge, and was so moved. I was glued to the screen, and gasped aloud more than a few times. I feel so many different emotions from that experience. Thank you for what you do!"
"These cams are fantastic! You guys just keep bringing us amazing things to broaden our worlds. THANK YOU a million times."
"Wanted to say thank you to explore and the Annenberg Foundation for the whole concept of explore.org which allows people from all over the world to join together as a community and support a worthwhile organization such as SDP. Without the explore.org cameras thousands of people would have missed the opportunity to even know SDP existed. I hope you know how special the building of communities is in this world today. Not only do the people who follow SDP get the pleasure of watching a reality show called Crazy Acres but the connections that are occurring within the community are amazing. Adults across the world supporting school children as pen pals, school children supporting children with mobility issues, encouraging words and support circling the globe. Without you explore these opportunities would not have been available and for that I wish to say Thank You."
"I just want to take a moment and send you a very heart-felt "thank you" for providing the lens to a world I never would have had the opportunity to enter. Whether it be the phenomenal world of Carlene White and the Service Dog Project (the new Nursery cam with sound is amazing) or the serenity of looking at oceans, sunsets or even bears - my life has been enriched. Thank you!!"
"A disability prevents me from enjoying the outdoors and travel like I used to do. I really enjoy all the live cams and can spend HOURS watching real-time entertainment. Wild life style!"
"I thank Explore.org and everyone associated with it so deeply for all the peace and restfulness you bring to me. I lost my oldest daughter last November, and my husband January this year, both to cancer, and every day now is a new day without them. It's been and is still so hard but I absolutely love coming here to the peacefulness and the unbelievable beauty Explore and our wonderful cam ops provide daily. The cam ops are truly artists. You never know who you are touching and who you are helping so always keep that in mind! And even more importantly helping remind people and encourage to protect this wonderful planet we are so privileged to inhabit. thank you so much!!"
"Thank you so much for these wonderful live webcams of the bears at Katmai. Being able to watch them in their natural habitat as opposed to zoos is so wonderful. I cannot see myself ever being able to come up there to see them in person, so this is a great substitute. Thank you again."
"Thank you so much! I have been watching for over 2 years now! You enable us to EXPLORE so many glorious things!"
"I just wanted to express my thanks to you for providing the cameras at Service Dog Project. I have been watching for 2 1/2 yrs and I learn something new every day. Another litter of service dogs born today to go out and do GREAT things."
"You have given us so many wonderful things to see but oh boy, those singing whales are over the top!! THANK YOU!"
"Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your live animals cams. I am addicted to the Katmai Park Bear cams in particular! Thank you, Charlie Annenberg & your foundation, for bringing views & experiences to many of us who may never be able to visit these places in person. Mr Charlie Annenberg, you are obviously a nature/animal lover, which is just so cool in itself. But to use your money & influence to bring the natural experiences to so many more (who might never see it in person) is just totally AWESOME!! Karma. You will definitely be blessed so much for this. THANK YOU!!"
"Wow. Here I am sitting in Australia and I get to see a herd of giraffes and hippos within the first 30 minutes of watching. OMG Thank you!"
"The addition of the new camera on the puppies at the Service Dog Project is such a wonderful thing. How many of us get to see all the ins and outs of a live birth? And get to hear those sweet squeaks and squeals of the puppies as they greet their life? There are so many things about Explore that I applaud and am grateful for...a very big positive in a sometime harsh world. Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"I would like to thank you on behalf of my son TJ (age 7) and myself for the wonderful hummingbird cam. His homework - first grader- this weekend was to make a habitat diorama of any animal. He picked the hummingbird because and I quote "I choose the hummingbird because a lot of people don't appreciate hummingbirds. If you don't appreciate an animal it becomes extinct." Thanks so much!!"
"Dog Bless You, Charlie for bringing people together from all over the world to watch puppies and wildlife, and see cultures we could only otherwise dream of. You are our hero!"
"Here's a huge "thank-you" from New Hampshire - you allow me to travel the world without ever leaving the comfort of my office chair. Jammies on and coffee cup in hand, I am Phineas Fogg!!"
"Thank you for having this site available. I LOVE this and the opportunity to view anytime. Makes me feel good I can see something like this since I am unable to view live and in person. Appreciate all you do."
"I want to thank you for the wonderful places you find to put your cameras to let each of us see things that we would probably never see on our own. I am disabled and have limited physical reserves. I have lost many of the activities I used to enjoy immensely. Your cameras take me places I could never hike to or have steady enough hands to hold my binoculars if there was even a way for an average person to access a vantage point to try to see."
"Thank you for all the knowledge, education, pleasure and happiness you have add to all our lives at no expense on our part. My humble thanks and gratitude are being wished for all of you."