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As photographed from the North East corner of the Palatine grounds above the Roman Forum. .
I am guessing that there are easily another 100 snapshots of known historical significance in this pano. The Roman Forum is located in a valley that is between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill. It originally was a marsh, but the Romans drained the area and turned it into a center of political and social activity. The Forum was the marketplace of Rome and also the business district and civic center. It was expanded to include temples, a senate house and law courts. When the Roman Empire fell, the Forum became forgotten, buried and was used as a cattle pasture during the Middle Ages. Much of the forum has been destroyed. Columns and stone blocks are all that remain of some temples. The arch of Titus and the arch of Septimius Severus still stand and are in good shape. Like many other ancient Roman buildings, stone blocks have been removed from the Forum and used to build nearby churches and palaces. =========================================== TECHNICAL Why is my panorama CURVED so badly ??. I see this with some others that I have done but never this bad before. l. Is it because I was high up and the Gigapan (level) was always shooting below its own horizon and the stitcher software spotted this as it aligned the photos. But still, you would think that it could get the horizon level? |
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License: CC-BY-SA
GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3510 (Windows) Panorama size: 611megapixels (49168 x 12430 pixels) Input images: 140 (20 columns by 7 rows) Field of view: 360.0 degrees wide by 91.0 degrees high (top=60.9, bottom=-30.1) Settings: All default settings Original image properties: Camera make: SONY Camera model: DSC-R1 Image size: 3888x2592 (10.1 megapixels) Capture time: 2008-12-29 12:02:40 - 2008-12-29 12:14:14 Aperture: f/6.3 Exposure time: 0.025 ISO: 160 Focal length (35mm equiv.): 70mm White balance: Fixed Exposure mode: Manual Horizontal overlap:34.9 to 59.9 percent Vertical overlap:35.3 to 36.9 percent Computer stats: 2559.48 MB RAM, 2 CPUs Total time 4:38:15 (1:59 per picture) Alignment:16:46,Projection: 14:32,Blending: 4:06:57 |
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Taken from a bluff in Rankin, this is one of those places that built America. Furnaces 6 and 7 still stand to become a monument to the industrial might and Mon Valley melting pot, inspiring books such as Thomas Bell's Out of This Furnace and even a John Wayne movie. The Pittsburgh-based Industrial Arts Cooperative made several large sculptures from materials found on the site after its abandonment by US Steel.
This site is to become a 21st century walkable, multi-use riverfront community connected to adjacent neighborhoods and the region through its many transportation facilities and the draw of the steel Industry Heritage National Historic Site park. More information is available at http://www.tbdfconnects.org, http://www.riversofsteel.com, http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/0606riverssteel.aspx Click around the panorama to see various details of the plans for the site. |
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Este es el jardín vertical creado por Patrick Blanc para la Caixa Forum en Madrid.
This is the vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc for the Caixa Forum in Madrid. http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/ http://cosasdeliz.blogspot.com/ |
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Barcelona 2008 |
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Imagen del frontal maritimo de BARCELONA que abarca desde el Castillo de Montjuig hasta la central termica del Besos. Picture of the Barcelona sea front stretching from the Castle of Montjuig to the thermal power plant of Besos. |
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A view over the Roman Forums at the centre of Rome. For more high resolution panoramas, check my profile here, or my website at http://lifeinmegapixels.com for wallpapers, time-lapse photography and even more images. |