 World Heritage - a World Wide Panorama June 19-21, 2004 |
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Bagan, State Mandalay, Myanmar(Burma)
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| Lat: 21° 22' 0" N |
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Long: 95° 28' 0" E |
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| Date/Time: |
19.06.2004 10:30 UTC |
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Equipment: Canon 1Ds/Sigma 8mm/Manfrotto VR Head/Panoweaver |
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This is one of the finest, largest, best-preserved and most revered temples in Bagan in central Myanmar (Burma). It has been built around 1105 by King Kyanzittha. Facing outward from the centre there are four 9.5m standing Buddhas...
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| Photo: Sven Hafner |
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Southwest of Wu Yi Shan City, at the border of Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces, China
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| Lat: 26° 58' 1.9" N |
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Long: 116° 6' 26.3" E |
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| Date/Time: |
Beijing time 4.30 p.m June 19, 2004 |
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Equipment: Taken with an yashica FX-3, tokina 17mm lens, no pan head, film, panotool + photoshop |
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Nine-crook Stream covers an area of about 8.5 square kilometers. Snaky nine-crooked stream separates the hills from each others, so scenery of the hills encircled by the stream comes into being. Bamboo rafts take you to visit the Mount Wu Yi Scenic Area, inclu..
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| Photo: Liu Zen |
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Himeji, Japan
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| Lat: 34° 50' 20" N |
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Long: 134° 41' 37" E |
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June 19, 2004 11:43 am JST |
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Equipment: Taken with a Nikon-E995, WC-E63. Mounted on a Manfrotto303SPH. Stitched with REALVZ-Sticher and CubicConverter. |
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Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating from the beginning of the Shogun period.
It is a masterpiece ..
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| Photo: Yasuhiro Fujimoto |
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honmaru 1-1, Kumamoto, Japan
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| Lat: 32° 48' 16.72" N |
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Long: 130° 42' 22.51" E |
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| Date/Time: |
10:36 am JST |
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Equipment: Taken with a Nikon D100 digital camera, AF-S VR Nikkor ED24-120mm lens at 28mm, f.8 at 1/2000 second. Mounted on a Manfrotto OTVR302. Stitched with hugin panorama tools, GIMP, & CubicConverter |
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Kumamoto Castle is not world heritage. But Kumamoto Castle, sometimes called the Castle of Ginkgo Trees, is (with Osaka and Nagoya castles) one of the three most famous castles in Japan. Designed by Lord Kato Kiyomasa, the castle was completed in 1607. The 98 ..
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| Photo: Shuji Inoue |
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Shirakawa-go, Gifu, Japan
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| Lat: 35° 24' 36.7" N |
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Long: 136° 45' 43.2" E |
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6:30am |
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Equipment: Taken with an Fujifilm S2 Pro, Sigma15-30mm lens at 15mm . Mounted on a Kaidan QuickPan III Pro. |
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Surrounded by pine covered mountains, beside the picturesque Shokawa River, Shirakawa village has become known for its unique thatched roof farmhouses built in a style called Gassho-zukuri. This architectural style is characterized by its large, steeply-pitche..
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| Photo: Ian Orgias |
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Hsiaoyukeng, (Yangmingshan National Park) Taipei, Taiwan
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| Lat: 25° 10' 32.75" N |
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Long: 121° 32' 51.24" E |
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| Date/Time: |
11:08 am (GTM+8) |
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Equipment: Canon 10D DSLR, Sigma 8mm f4 fisheye lens, f.8 at 1/20 second. Mounted on a Manfrotto 300+338+DIY rig. Stitched with PanoTools & Photohop |
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Hsiaoyoukeng Walking Area lies in the northern saddle of Chihsing Mountain. It is one of the park's major geological scenic sites. Strongly acidic hot springs and sulfur gas rising through the Hsiaoyukeng fault have eroded the extrusive rock and caused it to t..
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| Photo: Walker Young |
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Bangkok, Thailand
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| Lat: 14° 0' 0" N |
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Long: 100° 0' 0" E |
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| Date/Time: |
20 June 2004, 5:12 PM local time Bangkok |
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Equipment: Nikon Coolpix/FC8/self made pan head/digital/photoshop, panotools |
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Perth, Western Australia
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| Lat: 32° 1' 49.2" S |
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Long: 115° 49' 40.92" E |
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17.38 (UTC+8) |
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Equipment: Canon Powershot Pro1 |
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Wollongong City, Illawarra, NSW, Australia
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| Lat: 34° 25' 31.1" S |
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Long: 150° 53' 21.5" E |
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2pm AEST |
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Equipment: Canon 10D with Sigma 8 mm Fisheye Lens stitched with Panotools - Photovista - PTGui |
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St.Peter's Church near the Graben in the inner city of Vienna, Austria
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| Lat: 48° 12' 32.8" N |
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Long: 16° 22' 22.4" E |
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Equipment: Taken with canon g3, soligor fisheye and a selfmade panohead. stiched with panotools and ptgui. |
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This is the second-oldest church in Vienna, and the spot on which it stands could well be Vienna's oldest Christian church site. It's believed that a place of worship stood here in the second half of the 4th century. Charlemagne is credited with having founded..
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| Photo: Michael Pichler |
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Between La Louvière and Le Roeulx, Hainaut Province, Belgium
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| Lat: 50° 29' 27" N |
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Long: 4° 10' 47" E |
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| Date/Time: |
2 p.m./ Greenwich |
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Equipment: Nikon D1x, 10.5 fullframe Fisheye, Manfrotto 303sph sherical head, Nikon Capture, Photoshop, Realviz Stitcher |
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The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality. Together with the canal itself and its associated structures, they constitute a remarkably well-preserved and complete example ..
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| Photo: Serge Gutwirth |
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Beguinage of Kortrijk, Belgium
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| Lat: 50° 49' 40" N |
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Long: 3° 16' 2" E |
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| Date/Time: |
20-06-2004 11:11 AM (GMT + 1) |
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Equipment: Kodak DC3200 fixed 5.4mm f/3.6 (35mm equivalent = 39mm) 1 Megapixel 1152x864, home made pan head, rotates the focal point of the lens horizontaly and verticaly. |
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The Beguinage is situated between Saint Martin's Church and Our Lady's Church. The frugal inner court yard is decorated with a statue of Johanna of Constantinople, who is said to have founded the Beguinage in 1241. There are about forty little houses in baroqu..
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| Photo: Erik Van den Broeck |
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Elsinore, Denmark
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| Lat: 56° 2' 44" N |
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Long: 12° 37' 0" E |
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14:00 CET (GMT +1) |
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Equipment: Nikon D100/Sigma 8mm/Manfrotto VR head |
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