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Leticia Casarolli

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:38:32 Z

Beirut Central District, LEBANON | by Karim Saad | Copyright © 2010, All rights reserved.

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:28:59 Z

by LebaneseGigapanographer "Full resolution Gigapan available here: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/67894/ The Beirut Central District (BCD) is the name given to Beirut’s historical and geographical core, the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country.” It is situated on the city’s northern coast and includes many monuments and places of importance to the citizens of Beirut, including Martyrs' Square. Beirut Central District is sometimes called Solidere, after the company of the same name founded by Rafik Hariri that has undertaken reconstruction of the neighborhood after the Lebanese Civil War. Source Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Beirut Central District Gigapan Photograph by Karim Saad | Copyright © 2010, All rights reserved. For more information regarding this Gigapan, you can email me at the following address: info@karimsaad.net You can follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/karimsaad and also visit my blog: http://karimsaad.net Other Gigapans of Lebanon: Panoramic view of Kesrawan and Sannine Mountain: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/59242/ Panoramic view of the Cedars: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/56937/ Panoramic view of Jounieh Bay: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/63444/"

Deer Creek Falls - Grand Canyon GigaView

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:58:53 Z

by GigaView ""August 23, 1869. Just after dinner we pass a stream on the right, which leaps into the Colorado by a direct fall of more than 100 feet, forming a beautiful cascade. On the rocks in the cavelike chamber are ferns, with delicate fronds and enameled stalks." John Wesley Powell Deer Creek is a spring-fed stream that flows through the western Grand Canyon to the Colorado River. The series of springs provide a continuous base flow to Deer Creek, making it a vital water source for wildlife. During periods of intense rainfall, Deer Creek can experience severe flash flooding. In the final half mile above the Colorado River, Deer Creek flows through a narrow slot canyon before plunging over a 150 feet (46 m) waterfall named Deer Creek Falls. You are standing at the base of Deer Creek Falls just up from the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Desert flowers are in full bloom and the Canyon benches glow with the fragile green of a wet spring. Deer Creek and its waterfall are a popular stopping point for river trips through the Grand Canyon. Here, a couple on a commercial rafting trip enjoy some time alone with the roaring falls. Backpackers also enjoy the hike from the North Rim into the area. The Surprise Valley trail connects the Deer Creek Drainage with the adjacent Thunder River/Tapeats Creek drainage. This image has sat on various hard drives for over a year since it was captured on an 18 day private river trip in April 2010. It was my only attempt to go bigger than my standard 360 pano. Instead of setting up to shoot 126 individual photos to cover the full sphere of view, I set this one up for over 600 photos. It took well over an hour and was plagued by both memory & battery issues. At one point, I failed to reset the zoom the on my camera and finished the shoot at the wrong zoom setting, resulting in the upper third of the sphere being a lower resolution than the rest. The exposure is also a bit off. Technical difficulties aside, though, I am simply happy to be standing in this extraordinarily beautiful place once again. Deer Creek Falls is the lost image of Grand Canyon GigaView, my not-for-profit project to create a gigapixel virtual tour of America's primier natural atraction. Grand Canyon GigaView, a series of 29 ultra-high resolution, 360 degree images, can be found in Google Earth or Bing Maps Photosynth MapApp, Photosynth.net & Gigapan.org, on the iPhone in both the Pixeet360 & the Photosynth App. It appears in Google Earth courtesy of 360Cities.net, where it can also be found & interacted with. Grand Canyon GigaView was sponsored by the amazing backers of a Kickstarter.com campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/GrandCanyonGigaView/grand-canyon-gigaview Including Corporate Sponsors: ChaseVision360 PNY Technologies NRS (Northwest River Supply) Mark Sublette - Medicine Man Gallery Learn more about Grand Canyon GigaView: http://grandcanyongigaview.tumblr.com/"

Brick-architecture 19th century, Kiel

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:59:09 Z

by Ultrasound "Old claybrick building on top of the old botanical garden in Kiel, Germany. The yellow and the orange red claybricks are the typical building material in this region of germany in the late 19th century."