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I love this view. Last time I drove by here with my 2 year old son he said "Why is there so much pretty water in every direction here?" |
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A pond in Nowa Huta, Kraków, Poland.
116 images, Canon G9 @ 200 mm equiv., LR 2.4, GP Stitcher 0.4.4090. |
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This building is owned by the Townsend Historical Society. It was used to make barrels before they used metal hoops. See the history at http://www.thecooperage.com/history/index.html |
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This was my first try using the beta GigaPan unit. Copyright 2008 George Brandes |
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Crawford Sink is an anthropogenic sinkhole that sits beside Interstate 70 just west of Russell, Kansas. One of the oil wells in this field had a failed casing that allowed water to seep into soluble salt layers deep underground. Over time the salt dissolved and a cavity opened. Eventually the overlying layers began to collapse into this cavern. The depression at the surface is now occupied by a small pond located just south of the eastbound lanes of the interstate highway. The highway is sinking with the surrounding land surface. Already the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has had to resurface and re-level the highway twice and remove the overpass that used to cross the highway at the left side of this image. Although the leaking well has been remediated, subsidence continues at almost one foot per year. Fort Hays State University Geosciences Department faculty and students are involved in monitoring ongoing subsidence with the support of KDOT. |
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[pl] Nad stawem mieszkają czarne bociany. Staw porośnięty jest trzciną, pałką wąskolistną, oczeretem jeziornym. Oprócz roślin podziwiać można świat ptaków: spotkać tu można m.in. kaczki krzyżówki, podgorzałki, perkozy, kokoszki wodne, czaple siwe, myszołowy. |
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Also know as the model boat pond. The panoramic was taken facing east with the Fifth Avenue apartment buildings in the background. I'll need to go back in a week or so to catch the fall colors. Copyright 2008 George Brandes |
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Across the street from Sam Houston State University is the Sam Houston Museum and park complex. The pond shown is properly named Lake Oolooteca, per the museum website: "When Sam was a boy in Tennessee, he ran away from home to live with the Cherokee Indians on Hiwasee Island. He was adopted by Chief Oolooteca and given the name Coloneh - the Raven. Later, after his resignation of the Governorship of Tennessee, he went home to his Cherokee brothers, who had been forcibly relocated to Oklahoma. The lake has been named after his adoptive Cherokee father." It is the home of ducks, geese, turtles and small fish. Local photographers use it as a common backdrop for portraits. While shooting the gigapan, three different photogs were doing shoots nearby. Interactive map of the park: http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/Tour/ Park & Museum Website: http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/ |
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An oasis in the city, Nan Ling Gardens is a Buddhist park open to the public, providing some of the most tranquil scenes in the city. It is attached to the Chi Lin Nunnery, which has more limited hours. Both are must-sees for any stay in Hong Kong longer than a few days. It is one of my favourite spots in the world. This panorama was taken with 30 5-megapixel images on a D50 digital camera using a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens (at F/8) |
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A gigapan panorama of a section of Kanaha pond close to the road facing the West Maui Mountains. Pond ecosystem with native vegetation and home to endangered waterfowl species. Native sedges used to make mats. Wetlands. |