No gigapans.

1 to 10 of 34 < prev 1 2 3 4 next >

San Francisco, Tamalpais Created: November 16, 2009 Taken From: Santa Clara Valley, CA from Mt. Hamilton Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 2 L of center, the Transamerica Pyramid (tallest bldg in San Francisco) is azim 307 degrees, 84 km away; the four Bay Bridge towers span azim 307.5 deg to 309 deg. The peak of Mt Tamalpais is 105 km away in azim 308.6 deg (or maybe 308.7).

Moffett Created: November 9, 2009 Taken From: Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 1 At L, the white-tip stack (37.7398-122.3938) is azim 136.7 deg; at R, the blocky office bldg at Capp and 25th is azim 140.05 to 140.3; in between, beyond the San Mateo bridge, the three dirigible hangers at Moffett are 60-61 km away, a pair on the east side of the runways and one on the west side.

Loma Prieta Created: November 9, 2009 Taken From: Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 1 At L, the pyramid-roof tower (37.7792-122.4520) is azim 143.0 deg; at R, the towers of St Ignatius are azi 145.25 and 145.46. The antenna is azi 143.6, and just R of it the towers atop Loma Prieta are barely visible, the highest one being HS4889 in azi 143.77 deg 98.5 km away. Rightward from there the ridge dips, then rises to Mt Umunhum with its just-visible concrete block (azi 144.17, 37.1605-121.8975) that's visible from all over the Bay Area.

Mt Hamilton Created: November 9, 2009 Taken From: Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 4 At L, the aptm bldg with the blank-white west wall at Sacramento and Laguna is azimuth 124.3 to 124.7 deg; beyond it in azim 124.6 deg is Copernicus Peak, 93.5 km away. The 120-inch telescope dome is maybe barely visible in azim 125.0-- it would be obvious if sunlit from this side. The tan bldg with the flagpole at 100 McAllister is HT3099 in azim 125.1. St Mary's washing-machine is 127.2 deg; at R, the PG&E stack HT3116 is azim 127.94 and City Hall HT3091 is azim 127.89.

Downtown and Hayward Created: November 7, 2009 Taken From: Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 2 Transamerica Pyramid HT3117 is azim 113.6; the pair of flagpoles on 345 California is azim 114.6. The white building at azim 114.2 deg is in Hayward at 37.6793 N 122.0824 W. Right of the top of BofA, azim 116.1, the dark rectangle is the not-yet-sunlit NW face of the Cal State Hayward building at 37.6553-122.0572. The antenna HT3097 atop the apartment tower at Clay and Jones is azim 117.7; directly beyond the tip of the antenna the white building is 37.6600-122.0969.

Jersey City, Brooklyn Created: November 5, 2009 Taken From: New York City Suburb (2) - High Resolution Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 3 Top center of the west tower of the Hackensack River bridge of the Pulaski Skyway is KV4273, azim 122.14 deg; the large tan octagonal ventilator for the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel is azim 122.8 deg. A dark-gray-pyramid-roof churchtower in Jersey City is KV4329 (40.72426-74.07888) in azim 123.1 deg. That tallest apartment bldg atop the skyline is 40.6676 N 73.9596 W east of Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

Ellis Isl, Brooklyn Created: November 5, 2009 Taken From: New York City Suburb (2) - High Resolution Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 5 At center is the light-gray water tank KV4310 on Ellis Island, azim 124.40 deg; from azim 124.48 to 124.62 are the four cupolas of the Ellis Isl building. Azim 124.71 is the dark-gray churchspire KV4313 at 40.71598-74.07256. The white Liberty Science Center is azi 124.25 deg; between it and the tank the tan bldg up near the treeline looks to be at 40.6686 73.9793. The white Governors Isl cupola KV4381 is azi 124.19; barely visible against the background in azi 123.97 deg is the gray churchspire at 40.68199-74.00195.

Kearny, Brooklyn Created: November 3, 2009 Taken From: New York City Suburb (2) - High Resolution Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 1 The twin stacks are KV4328-KV4326 in azim 131.22, 131.28 deg, 13.4 km away. Beyond them is the SW edge of wooded Sunset Park; in line with the middle of the park is St Michael's church KV4369 on 4th Ave in Brooklyn, azim 131.0. The bridge towers are azim 130.37, 130.47, 39 km away.

Newark, Narrows Bridge Created: November 3, 2009 Taken From: New York City Suburb (2) - High Resolution Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 3 NE tower of the bridge is azim 142.0 deg, SW tower is 144.6. The flagpole just R of the NE tower is KV4782, azim 142.1, 9.3 km away; the slightly-higher flagpole in azim 142.5 is KV4678. Just left of midspan of the bridge (beyond a white oil? tank) is the light-gray tower of KV4429 St Peter's in Staten Island, azim 143.25 deg.

Newark, Coney Island Created: November 3, 2009 Taken From: New York City Suburb (2) - High Resolution Comments: none  -  add a comment Total Views: 2 In the foreground, KV4696 in Newark (azi 139.1 deg) is bracketed by the black towers of the PRR-LV liftbridge over Newark Bay. Just R of the R tower, the tan wall in Bayonne is 40.6671-74.0844; the white Ft Hamilton HS cupola directly beyond it is azi 139.34 deg, and the black-pyramid PS104 roof just left of it is 139.25 deg. The Coney Island parachute jump KU3435 is 140.0 deg, 33.4 km away.

1 to 10 of 34 < prev 1 2 3 4 next >