 Water - A World Wide Panorama June 16-21, 2005 |
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Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA
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| Lat: 45° 8' 39" N |
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Long: 93° 18' 30" W |
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June 21, 2005 - 00:00 UTC (18:00 Central Daylight Time) |
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Equipment: Nikon CoolPix 8700, Wide Angle Lens, Kaidan QuickPan III Spherical |
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Nicollet Commons Park, Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
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| Lat: 44° 46' 26" N |
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Long: 93° 16' 43" W |
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June 18, 2005 21:50 CST |
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Equipment: Canon EOS 20D DSLR, 8mm Fisheye Lens, Manfroto 755B MDeVe Tripod w/ 303SPH Head
ISO 100 @ f5.6, 2-1/2 sec., RAW |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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| Lat: 44° 54' 49" N |
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Long: 93° 12' 08" W |
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June 21, 2005 10AM CST |
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Equipment: Nikon D1x shooting raw, (the format, not me). 10.5mm fisheye, shutter 1/1250 at f5.6 at ISO 125. Manfrotto 303SPH head on Manfrotto 3021BPRO tripod. Stitcher and Photoshop CS to process the images on a mac G4. |
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The opening view is facing north towards the Ford Parkway bridge. This is Lock and Dam #1 just south of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Mississippi River. There are 10 locks in a series from Minneapolis to Guttenberg, Iowa. The Mississippi River begins in northe..
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| Photo: Scott Stillman |
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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| Lat: 38° 38' 31.73" N |
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Long: 90° 17' 33.27" W |
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June 21, 2005 12:00 PM |
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Equipment: Nikon Coolpix 4300, WC-E63 wide converter lens, tripod, home-made pano head, Autostich, PanoVue ImageAssembler |
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In 1876, Forest Park was created from 1,371 acres of land west of downtown St. Louis. By the 1890s, the public park was widely used for recreation with bicycle paths, baseball diamonds and lawn tennis courts. An expanded lake provided park-goers with an opport..
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| Photo: David Diederich |
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Paterson, New Jersey, USA
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| Lat: 40° 54' 58" N |
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Long: 74° 10' 53" W |
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June 20, 8:30 AM (local time) |
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Equipment: Nikon D-100, Sigma 8mm lens, Kaidan head, Panotools, PTGUI, Emblend, PanoCube |
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Paterson New Jersey's 77 foot tall Great Falls of the Passaic River are the second highest (after Niagara Falls) waterfall on the east coast of the United States. It was here in 1791 that Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton helped form a private, ..
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| Photo: Ralph Greene |
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New York City, New York, USA
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| Lat: 40° 46' 4.8" N |
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Long: 73° 58' 27.12" W |
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June 20, 2005, local 17:35 UTM 11:35 |
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Equipment: My trusty Canon 10D, Sigma 8mm, on an old Kaidan rig. Processed using PtMac, & Photoshop. |
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Located on the southeastern corner of Central Park, this body of water is simply called "the Pond." This area of the park sits below street level to offer a quick retreat from the city and its noise. The park was designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead a..
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| Photo: Jim Galvin |
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Battery Park, New York City, New York, USA
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| Lat: 40° 42' 10" N |
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Long: 74° 01' 02" W |
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June 16, 2005, 10:40am local time |
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Equipment: Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel)/ES-F, 18-55mm lens (at 18mm)
Tiltall tripod/modified Kaidan KIWI 260/265 pan head
Photoshop CS and QTVRAS software |
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Access to the world's oceans and rivers for transportation has historically been a major factor in the location and success of towns and cities around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in - read more -
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| Photo: Lee Nelson |
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Deposit, New York, USA
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| Lat: 42° 04' 11" N |
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Long: 75° 24' 32" W |
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June 19, 2005-18:46 |
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Equipment: Nikon D70 with Sygma 8mm f2.8 lens on a Peace River 3Sixty pan head and Bogen tripod. |
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Steve Johnson casts a fly in the West Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill region of New York...
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| Photo: Gabe Palacio |
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Niagara Falls State Park, New York, USA
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| Lat: 43° 4' 47.82" N |
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Long: 79° 4' 27.84" W |
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20 June 2005 - 14:58 Eastern |
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Equipment: Olympus D-40 Zoom (4.0) w/tripod, Apple PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz, PTMac |
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Living seven miles from the Niagara Falls made the choice for this theme obvious for me.
The Niagara Falls are composed of three smaller falls, the American, Bridal Veil (or Luna) Falls, and the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls. 12,000 years ago, the Falls started ..
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| Photo: David Schaubert |
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Calabash, North Carolina, USA
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| Lat: 33° 55' 5.16" N |
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Long: 78° 34' 49.80" W |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:15pm |
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Equipment: Nikon D70, Sigma 8mm, 4 shots at 1/1000 @ f/8, Manfrotto 303SPH Head, Adobe Photoshop CS2, IPIX Interactive Studio, QuickTime Pro 6.5.2 |
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Mountain Island Lake near Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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| Lat: 35° 22' 11" N |
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Long: 80° 56' 00" W |
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June 21, 2005 2013 EDT, 0013Z |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, Bogen 3050 tripod, Manfrotto 303 pano head. RAW image files acquired in Photoshop CS. Pano stitched in PTMac. Nadir and zenith patched with Cubic Converter. |
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For several years, it's been a tradition among a group of paddlers to head out onto the lake and watch the rising moon. The June 2005 full moon appearing on the Solstice made this evening an especially nice one.
These folks are putting in at the Neck Road ..
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| Photo: Gary O'Brien |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 56' 31" N |
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Long: 75° 10' 5" W |
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June 21, 2005 - 6:30 am |
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Equipment: Coolpix 995 With FC-E8 Fisheye, Photoshop, PTGUI, and Panocube. Not to forget a $3 self built panohead. |
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"LOVE Park was conceived in 1932 and built in the 1960s as JFK plaza. It harmoniously connects to William Penn's original 1682 plan for Philadelphia. The park's curving stairs and fountain were designed to create an impressive setting for City Hal..
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| Photo: Dane Fetterman |
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Above the Susquehanna River, southern Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 49' 49" N |
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Long: 76° 19' 54" W |
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| Date/Time: |
June 18, 2005 - 13:05 EDT |
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Equipment: Nikon D70 and Nikkor ED10.5mm, f2.8 lens. Assembled with PTMac/PanoramaTools and Cubic Converter. |
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The default view of this panorama is looking north, or up river, on the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania, USA. Just out of view down river is the Holtwood hydroelectric power plant and dam, which creates Lake Aldred below. The Susquehanna River water..
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| Photo: Tom Fulmer |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 57' 28.44" N |
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Long: 75° 10' 14.16" W |
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June 21, 2005 - 6:59 PM EST |
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Although a circle since after World War I, Logan Square is one of the original five squares designated as parks under William Penn's provisions.
The bronze figures represent Philadelphia rivers: the Delaware, the Schuylkill, and the Wissahickon as the man,..
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| Photo: Yischon Liaw |
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Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Lat: 39° 53' 06" N |
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Long: 77° 42' 45" W |
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June 18, 2005 6:00 PM |
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Equipment: Olympus C-750 on tripod with KiWi-L panorama bracket.
Panorama stitched using RealViz Stitcher sofware 3.1 |
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Water plays a significant role in human culture. The Conococheague Creek was used by Native Americans as a means of transportation and as a source of food (by fishing). As settlers moved into the area the rapid water became a means to grind grain. On the ot..
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| Photo: Chris A. Raber |
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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| Lat: 43° 33' 24" N |
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Long: 96° 43' 22" W |
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| Date/Time: |
June 19,2005 9:00pm Central |
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Equipment: Camera Nikon 995, Lens Nikon FC-E8, Tripod Bogen 3221, Homemade Pano Bracket, Software PTGUI, Panocubeplus and PS 7.0. |
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The history of Sioux Falls revolves around the cascades of the Big Sioux River. The falls were created about 14,000 years ago when the last glacial ice sheet redirected the flow of the river into the large looping bends of its present course. Fueled by water f..
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| Photo: Michael J. Oistad |
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 32° 39' 37" N |
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Long: 97° 22' 17" W |
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| Date/Time: |
June 18, 2005 0815 Central Texas Time (UTC-6) |
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Equipment: Canon 20d, Sigma 8mm, Kaidan Kiwi 990, 4 RAW images, PSCS2, Easypano PW4, PTgui |
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Xeriscape (pronounced Zer-i-scape) is derived from the Greek word Xeros which means "dry". The goal of Xeriscape is to create a visually attractive landscape that uses plants that are water efficient thereby saving water.
This garden area is 6,400 s..
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| Photo: Dave Albright |
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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| Lat: 32° 39' 37" N |
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Long: 97° 22' 17" W |
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| Date/Time: |
June 18, 2005 0930 Central Texas Time (GMT-6) |
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Equipment: Canon Rebel XT (350d), Sigma 8mm, Kaidan Kiwi990, 4 RAW images, Easypano PW4, Ptgui |
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Xeriscape is pronounced Zer-i-scape and means a Dry Garden. In my close up panorama you will see the long spires of the Red Yucca, Soft White Yucca, The orange and gold blooms of the Day Lilly, the shade providing Yaupon Holly tree and the Texas adapted Banan..
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| Photo: Pat Albright |
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