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Interior of Small World Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas. This is the gallery home and office of National Geographic Photographer Jim Richardson. |
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New wind turbines are being erected along Interstate 70 north of Ellsworth, Kansas. A more detailed view of a portion of this field of view can be found at: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2567 |
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You are looking North West from the bluff of White Cloud, Kansas over the Missouri river to the state Missouri. Iowa can be seen to the left of the panorama. White Cloud was once a busy port city before the Civil War, but now is well known for the "White Cloud Flea Market" held on the first Sunday of May and the first Sunday of September.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/OZ-WhiteCloud.html |
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The 4 ft x 16 ft 'easel' is curved to a 10 ft radius. The GigaPan is on the centerline 10 ft above. The results of this shoot can be seen at:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=8038 |
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180 degree panorama of Liebenthal, Kansas. Shot from the same vantage point as the higher resolution view of the cathedral (http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2397). |
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The Sternberg Museum of Natural History (http://www.fhsu.edu/sternberg/) in Hays, Kansas has a notable collection of fossils from the rich chalk beds of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway. |
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Mushroom Rock is an excellent example of the geological concept of differential erosion. The hardened capstone is protecting softer underlying sediments, in this instance forming a distinctive mushroom-shaped outcropping. A detailed Gigapan of Mushroom Rock can be found at: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=2570 |
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Castle Rock is an erosional remnant of Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk in southeastern Gove County, Kansas. Historically it was an important landmark on the Butterfield Overland Trail.
(Berti is still hiding. Snapshot him if you find him!) |
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Lindsborg, Kansas is known as "Little Sweden" for its founders and their cultural legacy. This 360 panorama was taken in Swensson Park on a balmy winter afternoon. |
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180+ degree panorama from a hill just south of Stockton, Kansas. The first time I shot this the lighting wasn't as good and it failed to stitch. This one turned out much better. Want a challenge? Count the pumpjacks; yup, this is oil country. |