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The Original World Wide Panorama Event March 20, 2004
The Original World Wide Panorama Event March 20, 2004

On Saturday, March 20, more than 180 photographers in 40 countries around the world celebrated the Equinox by creating VR panoramas. This site showcases the results of their efforts.

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WWP 304 - Marketplace | WWP 604 - World Heritage | WWP 904 - Bridges | WWP 1204 - Sanctuary | WWP 305 - Marketplace | WWP 605 - Water | WWP 905 - Energy | WWP 1205 - Best of 2005

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Sant Eloi Hermitage in TĂ rrega City  
TĂ rrega, Catalonia, Spain
Lat: 41° 39' 3" N Long: 1° 8' 11" E
Date/Time: 14:20 (LT)
Equipment: Canon D10, Canon 16-35 lens at 16mm (equivalent 24mm), f11 at 1/60s., Kaidan pano head, Software: Realviz Stitcher, Adobe Photoshop, CubicConverter, CubicConnector.
Sant Eloi Hermitage in Tàrrega City, small city in Catalonia famous for his Theater FestivalTàrrega..
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Photo: Josep Giribet
Climb the Tree  
A few meters above the ground at Skansen Kronan, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lat: 57° 41' 46" N Long: 11° 57' 21" E
Date/Time: 16:00 +1 UTC
Equipment: Canon EOS 300D, Sigma 8mm fisheye, hand held
In the middle of Gothenburg there is a hill, and on the hill there is a tree, and in the tree there is a panorama photographer...
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Photo: Magnus Enarsson
The Turning Torso  
Old Docks in Malmö, Sweden
Lat: 55° 36' 9.7" N Long: 13° 0' .7" E
Date/Time: 14.00 CET
Equipment: Taken with a Canon S50 camera on a Manfrotto tripod.
In Malmö, Sweden one of the most exciting building projects is under construction, the Turning Torso. When it is completed it will be Europes highest residential building and Turning Torso will reach 190 metres above sea level. You can see over the sea to..
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Photo: Mats Persson
Copperball in the Alps of Switzerland  
Falera Skirestort in Grison, Surselva, Switzerland
Lat: 46° 48' 5" N Long: 9° 13' 47.6" E
Date/Time: 09:00 AM local time GMT+1
Equipment: Seitz Roundshot Super 220 VR/24mm 2.8D AF Nikon/Fuji Provia 100F RDP III/Apple Authoring Studio
I made this panorama in the Alpenarena Flims, Laax, Falera Skirestort in Grison, Surselva, East-Switzerland the last sunny hours in that windy and freezing cold day. It changed a few hours later to a cloudy, foggy day...
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Photo: Duri Campell (Duca)
Föhnhafen  
Föhnhafen Brunnen, Vierwaldstättersee, Lake of Lucerne, Switzerland
Lat: 46° 59' 38" N Long: 8° 35' 55" E
Date/Time: 14:30 Central European Time
Equipment: Taken with a Canon G5, 7.19mm x wide convertor, equivalent to 27mm in portrait orientation, f.6.3 at 1/320 second. Mounted on a selfmade panohead. Stitched with PtGui/PanoTools/autopano converted with panocube pro.
After a marvelous week with sunny spring days, the 20th march was gray... The Föhn is a strong, dry wind blowing from the south. This little harbor was built to protect ships from the wild Föhn. Here the Lake of Lucerne forms a knee, one side pointin..
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Photo: Dani Fuchs
From Ultraviolet to Infrared  
Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
Lat: 45° 59' 10" N Long: 8° 55' 26" E
Date/Time: 07:49 Zurich
Equipment: Minox DC-5211, Kaidan QuickPan I Spherical, Realviz Stitcher 3.5
Waiting for... the equinox..
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Photo: Marco Luethi
Sami the Fisherman - Lake of Neuchâtel  
Lake of Neuchâtel, Tivoli, Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Lat: 46° 53' 55.1" N Long: 6° 46' 2.4" E
Date/Time: 09:35 GMT+1
Equipment: Panorama photographed with Nikon Coolpix 5000 equipped with an FC-E8 lens, 4 shots at 90° ISO 100 F/2.8: 1/53s, 1/29s, 1/18s, 1/46s. Angular divider and support self-made. Panorama assembled with PTGui 3.5, converted to QTVR with MakeCubic.
Already several days have passed since the March 20th appointment was taken to photograph Sami the fisherman, his son, his wife and perhaps an assistant. If everything went as planned, there would have been plenty of sunshine, a truly blessed day of fishing, ..
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Photo: Jean-Marc Paratte
Olten - a Small Town in Switzerland  
Olten, near Basel, Switzerland
Lat: 47° 21' .4" N Long: 7° 54' 9.4" E
Date/Time: 14:00 MEZ
Equipment: Nikon Coolpix 8700 / standard lens 35 mm / freehand / Cubicconverter-CubicConnector
Photo: Rolf Ris
Among 29 Giants  
Gornergrat, Zermatt/Switzerland
Lat: 45° 58' 59" N Long: 7° 47' 10" E
Date/Time: 03:30 pm MEZ
Welcome to the heart of the alps! This panorama was shot above Gornergrat (3089 meters above sea-level, 10134 feet). Gornergrat is easily accessible from Zermatt in 45 minutes by Europe's highestcogwheel railway. Zermatt is situated quite in the centre of Eur..
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Photo: Matthias Taugwalder
Tooley Street, London Bridge  
The south-eastern end of London Bridge where it meets Tooley Street, London, England, UK
Lat: 51° 31' 23" N Long: 0° 5' 17" W
Date/Time: 13:27 GMT
Equipment: Fuji FinePix 6900, double bubble, string and piece of card. PTMac and Photoshop software.
The stone spike was designed as part of a tourist information centre (which closed in October 2002 and is now the cycle shop). The spike surrounds and steps are popular with s..
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Photo: Gary Alexander
The Clifton Suspension Bridge  
Avon Gorge, Bristol, England, UK
Lat: 51° 27' 18" N Long: 2° 37' 40" W
Date/Time: 2:00pm GMT
Equipment: Canon G2 with a 28mm Wide Angle lens, Kaidan head gear. Stitched with Apple Quicktime VR Authoring Studio.
""The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a versatile and imaginative engineer, was carried out contrary to the recommendation of Thomas Telford (1757-1834) who, as a result of the near destruction of his..
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Photo: Oliver Cannell
The Weather Project at theTate Modern  
Tate Modern Art Gallery, Bankside, London, England, UK
Lat: 51° 30' 27" N Long: 0° 6' 0" W
Date/Time: 6.30pm GMT
Equipment: This cubic panorama was taken handheld on a Nikon D100 with a Sigma 8mm fisheye lens. The 8 raw frames were assembled using PTMac, Photoshop and Cubic Converter.
In this installation, The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson, representations of the sun and sky dominate the expanse of the huge Turbine Hall at the - read more -

Photo: Douglas Cape
Daffodils at Nymans Garden  
Nymans Garden, Handcross, West Sussex, England, UK
Lat: 51° 3' 0" N Long: 0° 11' 0" W
Date/Time: 10:10 am GMT
Equipment: Taken with a Cannon 10D digital SLR, Sigma 8mm (equivalent to 12.2mm), 6 shots, f.16 at 1/60 second. Mounted on a Manfrotto pano head. Stitched with PTGui & Photoshop. Converted to movie with PanoCube pro.
Nymans Garden is one of the great gardens of England. Originally created by the Messel family and now owned by the Nat..
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Photo: Tudor Jenkins
Northampton, England @ 06.49 GMT-Equinox Official Time (..no that's not me in the picture!)  
Northampton Town Centre, England, UK
Lat: 52° 14' 13.9" N Long: 0° 54' .7" W
Date/Time: 06.49 GMT
Well it was bad weather in Northampton, England on 20th March but I was determined to take a shot at the exact time of the Equinox - 06.49 GMT, even though it meant an early start! As I was heading out to the car, my son woke up and wanted to come with me, hen..
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Photo: Adrian Salisbury
Woodland, Thames Ditton  
Thames Ditton, 15 miles Southwest of London, England, UK
Lat: 51° 23' 20.4" N Long: 0° 20' 20.8" W
Date/Time: 9.50am gmt
This pano was taken on a particularly windy day. I chose the location not for it's beauty, but because it shows that life will flourish where ever it can. This bit of woodland is well used and loved by us dog walkers, but it is also abused by local vandals wh..
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Photo: David Spencer
Wet & Windy Manchester  
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Lat: 53° 29' 7" N Long: 2° 14' 33" W
Date/Time: 09:30 20/03
Equipment: Taken with an Canon EOS300D digital SLR, 18-55mm 2.8 lens at 18mm , f.8 at 1/250 second. Stitched with Panavue Image Assembler.
Manchester Cathederal Although parts of the cathedral were constructed in 1380, it was extensively rebuilt in the 19th century, & it's appearnce from 1500 was largely maintained. To the right of this are the buildings of Cheetham's School of Music, with t..
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Photo: Dean Weaver
Saint Patrick's Grave at Down Cathedral  
Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, UK
Lat: 54° 19' 38" N Long: 5° 43' 18" W
Date/Time: 12:30 pm GMT
The view from Saint Patrick's Grave, the Patron Saint of Ireland, at Down Cathedral, Downpatrick. Although the exact location of his burial in 461 is uncertain, this granite Memorial Stone from the nearby Mourne Mountains, provided by the Belfast Naturalists' ..
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Photo: Peter McCready
Shoppers in the Rain  
Shipquay Street, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
Lat: 54° 59' 47" N Long: 7° 19' 13" W
Date/Time: 12:50 GMT
Equipment: Taken with a Minolta DImage 7 digital camera, with a 7.2-50.8 mm 2.8 lens at 7.2 (equivalent to 28mm). Mounted on a Kaidan Kiwi-L pano-head. Stitched with VRWorx 2.5

The VR opens looking down Shipquay Street towards The Guildhall (where Derry City Council meets). The archway at the bottom of the hill is - read more -

Photo: George Row
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