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Oddly they've taken out the (c) 1997 part, maybe to make it not seem as ancient? I suppose it's still reasonably relevant; not much of this basic information has changed. Heck, Water Tunnel #3 is still under construction.

There's still a copyright notice at the bottom left:

So is it safe to guess it's from 1996 or later?

I'm pretty sure the audio is RealAudio encoded though can't confirm as I don't have the codec installed (does anyone anymore?). This is just a guess based on the .ram file extension.

Still cool to see how engaging you can make a site using 10-15 year old technology. Content is king.

The .ram file points to a real media rtsp-precursor streaming server that no longer exists (pnm://real.nationalgeographic.com)

It's from 1997