 Bridges - A World Wide Panorama September 18-22, 2004 |
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Postcard from Rome, Italy
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| Lat: 41° 54' 9" N |
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Long: 12° 27' 59" E |
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| Date/Time: |
September 23, 2004 - 19:33 Local Time |
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Equipment: Photography: Nikon D70 camera, 10.5mm lens; tripod with a 303SPH Bogen head. Stitching: Realviz Stitcher. |
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The architect Demetriano built this bridge in 134 CE. As it was the access to the mausoleum of the emperor Publius Haelius Adrianus, it was called Ponte Elio. This name last until the XVII century, when, after pope S.Gregorio Magno had the vision..
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| Photo: Toni Garbasso & Giancarlo De Leo |
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Florence, Italy
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| Lat: 43° 46' 14.9" N |
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Long: 11° 14' 51.7" E |
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8:00 pm CET |
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Equipment: Taken with a Nikon D70, Sigma 8mm, 10 seconds at f/8. Modified 'hybrid' Manfotto 302/Kaidan QuickPan head. 4+2 images stitched with PTMac 2.1 and CubicConverter |
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One of the very few suspended bridges in Italy, the "Indiano" Viaduct was built in the mid 80s, thus being the most recent among Florence's nine bridges on the Arno river. Its name comes from the Indian Maharaja Rajaram Cutraputti, who died in 1780 in Florence..
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| Photo: Lorenzo Giotti |
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Porto Corsini, Ravenna, Italy
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| Lat: 44° 29' 30.68" N |
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Long: 12° 15' 48.46" E |
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| Date/Time: |
4:00pm CEST, 20 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Hardware: Nikon D70, Peleng 8mm, "Philopod"
Software: Autopano, Hugin, Enblend, Photoshop Panocube |
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This is an old bridge of boats over a channel in the "Piallassa Baiona" near Ravenna (Italy).
He says about a hard existence, and resists to the governments and the bad weather thanks to the continuos darns of the old fishermen used to this life.
In this envi..
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| Photo: Claudio Lanconelli |
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Bridge of veja, Lessinia Mountains, Verona, Veneto, Italy
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| Lat: 45° 36' 13" N |
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Long: 10° 58' 39" E |
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| Date/Time: |
September 19, 2004 - 2.30 pm (+1.00) |
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Equipment: Coolpix5000/FC-E8/Kaidan Kiwi 5000/Photomatix Pro, PTGUI 3.6 + Enblend, Adobe Photoshop CS, Realviz Stitcher 4.0 |
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The bridge of Veja represents the entrance architrave of an ancient karstic cave which underwent the collapse of its central vault caused by stream bank erosion.
The longest distance between the bases of its piers is 52 metres, and the highest point of its arc..
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| Photo: Giorgio Marchetto |
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Florence, Italy
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| Lat: 43° 46' 14.9" N |
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Long: 11° 14' 51.7" E |
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| Date/Time: |
September 21, 2004 |
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Equipment: Taken with Canon Ixus500 at focal 38mm (35mm equivalent), panoramic head hand made with Manfrotto parts. Stitched with Stitcher 4.0.1 and refined with CubicConverter and Photoshop CS. |
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Ponte Vecchio aptly means "Old Bridge" in Italian, it is the world's most photogenic bridge. Both sides of Ponte Vecchio bear an eye-catching set of buildings, forming a covered passageway between the banks of the Arno River.
Originally, the bridge buildings h..
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| Photo: Ammannati Maddalena, Cristina Andolcetti, Yuri Pozzi |
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Forno di Lemie, Viù valley, Piemonte, north western Italy
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| Lat: 45° 13' 26" N |
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Long: 7° 19' 17" E |
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| Date/Time: |
September 19, 2004 3:10pm GMT+1 |
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Equipment: Nikon Coolpix 5000, 28mm eq, handheld. Autopano + PTGui + Enblend |
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The Forno di Lemie bridge was built in 1477 by the owners of local copper and iron mines in the Viù valley, a small valley in north-western Italy.
The shrine in the middle, built to give more weight to the bridge in order to increase its stability, was ..
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| Photo: Fulvio Senore |
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Venice, Italy
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| Lat: 45° 25' 59" N |
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Long: 12° 19' 1" E |
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10:15 am PST |
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Equipment: A 12mm Universa Fisheye on a D100, Ptgui, enblend, panotools skypaint |
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Luxembourg ville, Luxembourg
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| Lat: 49° 37' 4" N |
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Long: 6° 7' 53" E |
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| Date/Time: |
12:20 GMT+1, 18 Semptember 2004 |
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Equipment: Nikon D100, Nikkor 10.5mm, kiwi+, minidisc, binaural microphones
PTMac, Cubic Connector, Cubic Converter, Quicktime, Peak, iTunes |
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Luxembourg has one of the highest standards of living, there is wealth transpiring from every corner of this banking city. Luxembourg also ranks 14 on the list of suicide rate in the world and it has many charming bridges often used for this last leap. This br..
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| Photo: Mickael Therer |
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Arnhem, the Netherlands
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| Lat: 51° 58' 29" N |
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Long: 5° 54' 42.1" E |
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| Date/Time: |
18 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Taken with Canon EOS 10D digital SLR, Sigma 8 mm Fisheye. Self made panhead mounted on a Manfrotto tripod. Software: PTMac with Photoshop. |
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Operation Market Garden
1944 - 2004
60th Commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem
Rhine Bridge - John Frost Bridge
Market Garden
Market Garden was the code name for the operation in September 1944 which aimed to bring the Allies in a rapid thrust ..
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| Photo: Gerard Kuster |
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Colijnsplaat, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, The Netherlands
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| Lat: 51° 35' 52" N |
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Long: 3° 51' 53" E |
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| Date/Time: |
7.45 p.m. west european time, 19 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Roundshot 220 VR, 15 mm Nikon, app. F 5,6, Portra 800, Flextight scanner, Apple QTVRAS version 2.0 |
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The Zeeland Bridge is the longest bridge in the Netherlands. Although the Dutch are known for their dikes, that can be seen on this pano as well, they can build bridges as well. It connects the peninsula Schouwen-Duivenland and the island Noord-Beveland across..
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| Photo: Jan van der Woning |
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Dyrlandsdalen/Seljord, Telemark, Norway
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| Lat: 58° 0' 0" N |
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Long: 8° 0' 0" E |
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| Date/Time: |
4:30pm DST +0200 UTC, 20 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Hardware: Canon 10d, 8mm Sigma Fisheye, Apacer Compact Flash 512MB, Manfrotto Tripod, Manfrotto Panorama Tripod head 303Plus
Software: iPhoto 4.0.3, PTmac 2.1 v38, CubicConverter 2.0.5, Photoshop CS |
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The bridge of Dyrlandsdalen is a traditional built bridge in the mountain area of Norway. This bridge was made fully in stone and is about 100 years old. You can also see the foundations of the older bridge 20 meters behind the standing bridge. The water tempe..
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| Photo: Hans Hagen |
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Katowice, Voivodeship of Silesia, Poland
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| Lat: 50° 15' 8" N |
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Long: 18° 59' 17" E |
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| Date/Time: |
12:30 GMT + 1, 18 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Canon A40 / selfmade pan head / Realviz Stitcher |
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Katowice is a capital of the Silesian Province. In the past Silesia used to be mostly an industrial area with view of mine wells and chimney works. Lately, the coal out put was significantly reduced due to use up of the coal-beds and high maintenance costs. At..
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| Photo: Jerzy Zamora |
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Tagus River (Almada), Lisbon, Portugal
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| Lat: 38° 41' 53.4" N |
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Long: 9° 10' 48.51" W |
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| Date/Time: |
South Bank: Sept 18,2004 9:08 UTC North Bank: Sept 19,2004 14:17 UTC |
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Equipment: Nikon D70, Sigma 8mm, Manfrotto tripod, Kaidan QuickTilt Leveler, Schiansky rotating head (>40 years old) ,self built bracket. Four horizontal shots in RAW (NEF), adjusted in Nikon Capture Editor, transformed in tiff , then processed in PTMac, output multi tif, blended with Xblend 1.0, separated in cube faces with CubicConverter, retouched with PS 7.01, transformed with CubicConverter to equirectangular tiff, final adustments in PS 7.01, transformed to QTVR in CubicConverter. Tour made with CubicConnector. Made on a Macintosh Powerbook 17" |
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The suspended bridge over the river Tagus (Tejo) in Lisbon, built in 1966 reached its final phase of enlargement in July 1999, with the addition of two new roadways lanes and a rail crossing on the lower deck suspended from two new additional suspension cables..
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| Photo: Willy Kaemena |
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Ruivães, Vieira do Minho, Braga, Portugal
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| Lat: 41° 41' 35.6" N |
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Long: 8° 1' 4.5" W |
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| Date/Time: |
12:58 Greenwich Time, 19 September 2004 |
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Equipment: Nikon D1, Sigma 8mm, Handmade no pan head, digital, PTMac-Cubic Converter-Photoshop |
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This medieval bridge built by the Romans during the Iberian peninsula occupation. It was used during the escape of the French army during French Napolionic invasions.
It has a legend: a runaway criminal wanted to cross the river, and desperatelly called for th..
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| Photo: Santiago Ribas |
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Rakov Skocjan, Notranjska Region, Slovenia
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| Lat: 45° 47' 45" N |
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Long: 14° 17' 35" E |
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| Date/Time: |
20th September 2004 / 18:45 CET |
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Equipment: Nikon CP5000/FE-8 adapter/tripod: Manfrotto+qtvr head/expose time: 8s each photo(8+2)/stiching software: Photovista/GPS unit: Magellan 315 |
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The Great natural stone bridge (old name of the bridge: "Velb"): The stone bridge was formed more than 100 millions years ago. The height of the arch is 37 meters. On the top of natural stone bridge leads a macadam road. Between the Cerknica polje (Cerknisko j..
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| Photo: Boštjan Burger |
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Notranjska Region, Slovenia
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| Lat: 45° 48' 33" N |
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Long: 14° 16' 57" E |
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| Date/Time: |
19th September 2004 / 13:40 CET |
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Equipment: Nikon 990 / WC-63 wide adapter (ekv. 24 mm) / Manfrotto tripod with QTVR head / stiched with Photovista |
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There use to be a prime forest with the habitat of different animal species. Then had come a man and separated the forest with the highway. The new border could be wide as an ocean... but there are little and ugly bridges, below which are important passages fo..
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| Photo: Betka Burger |
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Elche (Alicante), South East Mediterranean, Spain
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| Lat: 38° 16' 0" N |
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Long: 0° 43' 0" W |
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| Date/Time: |
22nd September 2004 - 17:11 local time (GMT +1:00) |
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Equipment: Canon 10D - Sigma 8mm - f.16 at 1/125, iso 200, JPG - manfrotto tripod and vr head - Photoshop, PTGui, Panotools, Photoshop, PanoCube. |
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Bridges: once again I have been able to use my home town as theme. Elche is divided into two by the Vinalopo river. Nowadays it is more a little canal than a river, but once, it was supposed to be a broad and deep river that created the rift that divides the t..
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| Photo: Antonio Victor Garcia-Serrano |
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Las Arenas, Getxo, Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain
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| Lat: 43° 19' 25" N |
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Long: 3° 0' 59" W |
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| Date/Time: |
19.30 hours, local time |
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Equipment: Nikon D70, Nikkor 10.5, tripod, home-made panohead, PTGui, Enblend, Panocube, Photoshop |
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The Bizkaia Hanging Bridge ('Puente colgante de Bizkaia', more widely known as "Puente de Portugalete") that connects Portugalete and Getxo is about 10 kilometers away from downtown Bilbao.
It is a rather particular bridge in this that it connects as much as ..
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| Photo: Iñaki Rezola |
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