 World Heritage - a World Wide Panorama June 19-21, 2004 |
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Glen Arbor, Michigan, USA
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| Lat: 44° 54' 3.6" N |
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Long: 85° 59' 21.8" W |
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12:00 pm EST |
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Equipment: Nikon D1X / 10.5mm |
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Since the Great State of Michigan does not have any location listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tour (I'm sure this just some silly oversight that UNESCO in trying to correct). I choose one area in northern Michigan's lower peninsula that has always held a sp..
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| Photo: Mark Houston |
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Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA
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| Lat: 45° 8' 15" N |
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Long: 93° 20' 0" W |
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12:00 CST (-6 UTC) |
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Equipment: Nikon CoolPix 8700, WC-E80, Kaiden Quickpan III-SPH, Stitcher |
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Taos, New Mexico, USA
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| Lat: 36° 22' 42.6" N |
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Long: 105° 35' 13.2" W |
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8:52 am Mountain Time |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, Bogan 302. RAW format, f14 at 200. (EV adjusted +1.5) Photoshop CS, PTGUI/PanoTools, Panocube |
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1000 Years of Inhabitation"The Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a US National Historic Landmark. The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000..
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| Photo: John Fellers |
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New Paltz, New York, USA
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| Lat: 41° 44' 51" N |
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Long: 74° 5' 12.8" W |
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5:45 AM (EST) |
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Equipment: Canon 10D with Sigma 8mm fisheye, custom pan head of my own design, stitched with PTGui |
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Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY (USA) claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited street in America. The street has several stone houses dating back to the late 1600's and historical markers with details of the twelve founding families...
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| Photo: Mark Fink |
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Brooklyn New York, NY, USA
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| Lat: 40° 42' 20" N |
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Long: 73° 59' 47" W |
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4:30 PM EST |
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Equipment: Taken with Nikon D-100, 8mm Sigma lens, Kaidan panoramic head. Stitched with PTGui/Panorama Tools, converted to QuickTimeVR with PanoCube |
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When it was completed in May 1883, New York City's Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world. Designed by John Augustus Roebling and completed by his son Washington Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge spans New York's East River connecting the b..
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| Photo: Ralph Greene |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 57' 11.9" N |
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Long: 75° 9' 48.2" W |
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18:30 ESDT, June 21, 2004 |
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Equipment: Digital Canon Rebel; 14mm Canon 2.8 lens. Two Norman strobes, one as a bounce and the other in a soft box. |
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It was in the Assembly Room that George Washington was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army in 1775; the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776; the design of the American flag was agreed upon in 1777; the Articles of Confedera..
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| Photo: Will Brown |
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Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 56' 55" N |
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Long: 75° 9' 0" W |
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9:00am - 10:10am EST, June 20, 2004 |
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Equipment: Fuji S2 - Nikkor 8mm - Monopod - Panorama Tools/Photoshop
ISO 160 - 1/3 sec and 1/45 sec
Challanges:
(1) no tripod allowed
(2) super bright sunshine outside, dungenous inside
(3) ca. 80 sec. for each pano before people pour in
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The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this room. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth in these documents are of fundamental importance to American history and have als..
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| Photo: András L. Frenyo |
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 40° 6' 8" N |
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Long: 75° 27' 53" W |
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3:30 PM Local Time (EDT) |
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Equipment: Canon Digital Rebel, Sigma 8mm Lens, PTGui, Panotools |
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Valley Forge National Park, just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the site of the winter encampment of Gen. George Washington during the Revolutionary War. From December 1777 to June 1778, Washington and 12,000 men trained and prepared for contin..
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| Photo: Nathan Gasser |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 57' 11.9" N |
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Long: 75° 9' 48.2" W |
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| Independence Hall is located in downtown Philadelphia (called "Center City" by locals). It was in this building that the Declaration of Independence was adopted (1776), that the Articles of Confederation were adopted (1781), and the U. S. Constitution was d..
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| Photo: Yischon Liaw |
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near Zion Lodge, Zion National Park, Utah, USA
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| Lat: 37° 14' 14" N |
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Long: 112° 57' 46" W |
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13:37:24 MST (-07:00 GMT) |
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Equipment: Canon EOS-10D, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan QuickPanIII, PTMac, Photoshop CS, CubicConverter |
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Both spectacular and supremely enduring, Zion Canyon was carved out of the plateaus of Southwestern Utah by the glacial runoff that is now the Virgin River. Though millions visit every year,..
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| Photo: Roger Howard |
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The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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| Lat: 38° 1' 54.8" N |
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Long: 78° 28' 37.2" W |
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23:00 EST |
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Equipment: Taken with a Canon D60 digital SLR, Sigma 8mm fisheye, f/5.6 at 90 seconds. Mounted on a Kaidan QuickPan III Pro. Stitched with PTMac and Photoshop CS. |
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Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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| Lat: 46° 53' 52.1" N |
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Long: 121° 45' 53.3" W |
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approx 2pm PDT |
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Equipment: Panoscan MKII, Mamiya 24mm fisheye lens |
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Isolated on a small island in the middle of the Ohanapecosh River and thus protected for ten centuries from fire, avalanche and flood, the trees in the Grove of the Patriarchs have grown to gigantic proportions, their tops battered by the storms of a thousand ..
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| Photo: Bradford Bohonus |
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Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Cascade Mountains, Washington State, USA
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| Lat: 47° 34' 51" N |
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Long: 121° 5' 50" W |
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9:45 am PDT (UTC-08:00) |
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Equipment: Canon Digital Rebel, 18-55mm at 18 (28mm equiv), handheld. Autopano,PTGui,Enblend,Photoshop,PanoCube |
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Granite Mountain overlooks Robin Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington State. At this time of the year, the higher alpine lakes are still frozen. They will not melt for several more weeks.
Like all official U.S. Wilderness Areas, the Alpine Lakes..
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| Photo: Rik Littlefield |
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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| Lat: 44° 31' 16" N |
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Long: 110° 30' 22.3" W |
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I had to break the rules a bit to get this shot of the falls and canyon, hiking way up above the viewing area...but you never get the best angle and best photos if you dont break the rules at least a little bit...
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| Photo: Craig W. Hergert |
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