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German house of parliament / Bundestag, Berlin, Germany |
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The cathedral complex includes the famous Leaning Tower, La Torre Pendente. White marble with colonnaded facades |
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Blick von der Insel Reichenau auf Allensbach am Untersee des Bodensees.
View from the island Reichenau to Allensbach at the "Lake of Konstance". |
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Hall's Harbour is a small fishing village on the Bay of Fundy. This area is known for the world's highest tides. Hall's Harbour is elevated and therefore only a few hours per day filled with water. Hall’s Harbour lends it name both to the small fishing hamlet and to the wider community which takes up an area roughly 5 kilometers square. On the south the area overlooks the Annapolis Valley, on the north overlooking the Bay of Fundy,on the east Sheffield Vault and on the west Chipman Brook.The area is very scenic and the hamlet itself has been declared a Tourism Destination Area. The area boasts a fine restaurant and lobster pound, overnight accommodations, artists studio, antiques and artisans galleries. (Description from www.hallsharbour.org) DVD's containing the full high resolution image (1.5 gigapixel) are available for purchase ($49 + tax + s&h, call 1-877-6626849 or email gigapan@novascotiawebcams.ca). |
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whereRU:
Information Visualization Gigapan project, the exterior of SCILS from the left side. Visit http://whereru.rutgers.edu to see more Gigapans from the whereRU project. |
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Big Cottonwood canyon at the "remnants of an Ancient Sea" sign just below storm mountain. The big wall in the right side of the image has a couple of awesome multipitch climbs on it including the classic "Outside Corner"
I was experimenting with how much overlap you really needed in the field of view... guess I found out it is more than this! Too bad about the missing bits. |
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Redoubts on the Poltava battle field.
The Russian Tsar Peter I used redoubts on the Poltava battlefield as a support for his frontline troops. To cover the approach to the fortified camp of the Russian army and disrupt the battle formation of the advancing enemy, Tsar Peter I ordered two lines of square or rectangular redoubts built in the form of the letter T. Each redoubt consisted of earthwork with a rampart and a deep trench, and was protected by a palisade. The Belgorod regiment, under the command of Brigadier Aigustov, provided most of the garrisons deployed in the redoubts. The artillery of the redoubts consisted of 16 guns. The Russian cavalry under the command of Menshikov was positioned behind the line of redoubts. While preparing for the bicentenary celebration of the Battle of Poltava ten concrete obelisks were erected in the places where the redoubts were believed to have been located. Although the obelisks were originally crowned with double-headed bronze eagles, these were removed soon after the Revolution of 1917. In 1939 the obelisks were replaced with 4.5 meter high granite pyramidal obelisks. Петр I применил редуты на поле Полтавской битвы в качестве передовых опорных пунктов для разрушения боевого порядка наступающей шведской армии Карла XII. По его распоряжению, перед укрепленным лагерем русской армии у деревни Яковцы было построено шесть поперечных и четыре продольных редута. Это были четырехугольные или треугольные земляные укрепления, состоявшие из бруствера и рва, защищенного палисадом (заостренные и вкопанные в землю стволы деревьев). Два крайних поперечных редута не были закончены до начала битвы. Основу гарнизона, размещенного в редутах, составлял Белгородский полк (8 батальонов) под командованием бригадира Айгустова. Артиллерия редутов составляла около 16 орудий. Русская кавалерия под командованием Меньшикова располагалась за линией редутов. |
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A panorama of the exterior between the SCILS and Alexander Library entrance.
Visit http://whereru.rutgers.edu to see more Gigapans from the whereRU project. |
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University of Idaho Vandals versus Fresno State 10/7/09, looking toward the student side of the field. The Vandals lost 31-21. University of Idaho website: http://www.uidaho.edu/ Vandal Athletics website - http://govandals.com/ |
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Did you know that California is the only state in the United States that commercially produces almonds? California produces 80% of the worlds almonds due to its Mediterranean climate.
For more facts on almond production in California visit: <http://almondboard.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/CA%20Almond%20Facts%20Summer%202005.pdf> This is an image of a holding yard for one of the biggest beekeepers in the United States. The honey bee colonies will hold here in this yard until the onset of the almond bloom at which time they will be moved into orchards for pollination. For information on almond pollination visit: <http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/chap_2.html> |