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David Douglass (wndrin)
St. Cloud,
United States of America
Gigapans: 118
Snapshots: 216
Bookmarks: 1
Last Visited: November 17, 2009
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Technology Instructor with a passion for geography and GIS enabled applications. Well traveled and a life long avid photographer.
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Canon Powershot G9 |
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Home to the 3D movie "Honey I shrunk the Audience" and Figment's ride, the attraction has what was a cutting edge fountain at it's entrance that enchants children and adults. The Monorail track is overhead in this shot. Taken in mid-November 2009, it is off-season with light crowds. The structure rising above the trees to the right is the top of 'The Land' pavillion.
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Newly refurbished, the icon of EPCOT is still enchanting guests from aroud the world as you travel through time from the days of cave men to the future. Taken during off-season, November 2009.
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Spaceship Earth, the iconic emblem of EPCOT rises above the main plaza. This shot was taken as the park geared up for the Holiday season, 2009, hence the poinsettias in the flower bed. The fountain in the near distance is capable of keeping 2000 gallons of water in the air at a time and has choreographed displays to music throughout the day. Innovention East and West are to the left and right of the plaza.
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Mission Space, designed with the help of NASA scientists, simulates a trip to Mars aboard a rocket. It is one of the most intense rides Disney has and the effects of launch (and touchdown) are the result of centrifical forces which spin riders at 2.5 G's. As it was so intense that it made many guests ill, they have since created a non-spinning version which is entertaining as well. I just love the swoopy lines of the entrance and the shiney planets. Taken in the Fall of 2009 during off-season.
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Grabbed during a layover, tripod was in checked luggage, so this one was shot while holding the Gigapan head while it sat on the tilted railing.
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Shot near sunset, the structure rising above the trees is the old water tower. The history of the waterways stretches back centuries. Note the swan house on the little island.
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Shot from the 'Panorama Terrace', managed to grab four planes taking off. Didn't have the tripod since it was packed in the luggage so had to lay the Gigapan unit on the tilted railing and hope it worked. That is why it has the strange curvature to the image. Grabbed during a layover.
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Shot out the train window between Konigslutter and Braunschweig Germany. Wanted to see what would happen.
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Looking to the West on track 4 with moments until the train arrived. The whitish train that is fragmented over on track 6 was the ICE, the high speed train, that popped into the station, loaded and zoomed off.
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Waiting at the station, had a couple minutes to grab a shot. Nice town.
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