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Hawaii Pacific University Modern Media Systems class on the Fort Street Mall in Downtown Honolulu. Question of the day: how can a collaboration that includes Carnegie Mellon University, NASA, GOOGLE, National Geographic, and faculty and students at Hawaii Pacific University expand our understanding of modern media systems? In other words, what emerging, unique potentials are being leveraged by these institutions and their communities in our network of networks project? In part this image constitutes an exploration and manifestation of image-making technologies that provide opportunities for meta-connectivity and global community building. A compelling aspect of the global connection project is its attention to transparency. Transparency of technology, transparency of process, and drill down ability in the composite image itself.. |
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The Sandpiper is a traditional bed and breakfast located on California’s North coast in Elk California. The rooms have a great view of a cove and the surf. A large and lush garden exists on the surf side with a bench or two. This is a fine place to watch the sunset and have a little wine. The rooms here are comfortable and traditional.
http://www.greenwoodpierinn.com/ This shot was taken about a hlf mile North of the room looking back towards the Sandpiper: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12535 |
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Hawaii Pacific News is a student-run news and information site. We report on news, arts, entertainment, sports, university happenings and other stuff. We are located at Hawaii Pacific University in the heart of Downtown Honolulu |
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The top of Gad Cliff offers one of the most spectacular views along the Dorset and East Devon coast World Heritage Site (the Jurassic Coast). Here the rocks have been folded into a huge ‘S’ shaped kink as the result of earth movements about 15 million years ago. In the foreground, Kimmeridge Clay together with Portland and Purbeck strata, lie in the southern side of the fold and are dipping steeply to the north. In the distance, the same rocks are level as they are located away from the fold. This huge structure, known as the Purbeck Monocline, runs east to west across Purbeck, dominating the landscape.
For more information visit: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/kimgad.htm http://www.coastlink.org/kimmeridge/ |
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From the peak of Baldy Mountain at 13,300 feet, a panoramic view of Pyramid Peak, the Maroon Bells, Mount Snomass, Mount Daly, and Mount Sopris. We skinned up to the peak before an afternoon of fabulous backcountry skiing. |
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Near the state line of Massachusetts and Vermont.
If drawing a line from the center of top edge to the center of right side, the triangle of top right corner (about 1/8 of the photo) is in Vermont, the rest is in Massachusetts. |
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Worlds most detailed image of the Albert Memorial !! 4 GB Shot with the Sony A900 25mp camera. Copyright Henryreichhold. No reproduction without the artist permission. www.reichholdarts.com
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whereRU:
Information Visualization Gigapan project, the interior of the SCILS Student Lounge. Visit http://whereru.rutgers.edu to see more Gigapans from the whereRU project. |
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The beaches around Charmouth and Lyme Regis are world famous for fossils. I found my first ammonite here in 1973 and became a geologist as a result!
I have planted 10 fossils in this view but there are many more. This is just how you find them, lying on the beach! There are ammonites, belemnites, shells, trace fossils, crinoids (can anyone find the star shaped stalk?) and ichthyosaur vertebrae. There are also minerals; calcite and 'beef' calcite together with flint and chert. The sea does all the hard work, washing away the soft clays to leave the well preserved fossils scattered across the beach for people to find. People can take these fossils away because if they are not collected, they would simply be destroyed by the very process that uncovers them. Every year there are fossils, and more fossils! The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, Lyme Regis Museum and a number of private individuals lead guided walks and this is the best way to get a start. Please stay away from the cliffs and landslides – rock falls can happen at any time while the landslides contain mudflows and quicksand, it is all too easy to get stuck. Rough weather is the best time to go collecting; this gigapan was taken during excellent fossil collecting weather, wind and rain! But you also need to check the tides and head out along the beach as the tide is going out. A fossil collecting code operates in this area. Visit www.charmouth.org for more details |
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The fossil forest is found on a terrace in the cliffs just east of Lulworth Cove. The forest dates back to the end of the Jurassic period, about 145 million years ago.
At the end of the Jurassic, the sea was becoming shallower until eventually a series of islands formed surrounded by swamps. Soils developed on the islands and for a brief period of geological time, a forest became established. Then water levels rose, drowning the trees. Thick mats of sticky algae grew across the forest floor and around the base of the trees and the fallen logs. Sediment stuck to the algae and then more algae formed on top, layer upon layer, forming algal stromatolites. So what we see today is a band of limestone that covers the soil and forms algal burrs around the wood. At one time fossil wood would have been present inside the doughnut shaped burrs but it was collected many years ago. This site lies inside the Lulworth Range, an army range for life firing. The Ranges are typically but not always, open during weekends and school holidays. Google ‘Lulworth Range opening times’ or phone +44 (0) 1929 462721 extension 4819 for details. For more information about the fossil forest and the amazing coast around, visit the Lulworth Heritage Centre. The web site ‘Geology of the Wessex Coast of Southern England’ has a detailed account of the geology. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Fossil-Forest.htm For more general information about the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, visit: www.jurassiccoast.com |