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October 25th, 2009 Monta Vista 30, Cupertino 0 -Monta Vista- QB Freddy Kuo 2/7 94 yards 2 TDs, 0 ints -Cupertino- QB Kenny Leong 7/20 89 yards 0 TDs, 2 ints |
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A huge school of Salema fish avoid predation by aggregating into a ball. D200, 10 photos with 15mm lens for full 360 which looks great in Googleearth. A few scuba divers are found in the scene too. Stitched with PtGui.
A view from INSIDE the bait ball can be found here: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/34662/ Salema fish can actually be hallucinogenic to eat! Known as 'dream fish', the herbivorous fish have toxins in their flesh from the algae that they eat that when ingested by humans produce severe auditory and visual hallucinations. No, I did not try it. It was spooky enough inside the baitball. Definition of 'Bait Ball': Schools of small fish cruise near the ocean's surface, feeding on plankton and other organic foodstuff. This schooling behavior evolved as a means of protection. If a shark or other predator approaches, the group parts in unison - making it difficult for the invader to target any individual. As a result, this type of attack often fails. Group hunting changes the odds. In a baitball feeding frenzy, a hunting party may consist of bottlenose dolphins, silky sharks, yellowfin tuna, rainbow runners, wahoo, marlin, jacks and even booby birds. They work in a cooperative effort to ensure a feast for all. A typical main course features teeming schools of juvenile jacks and chubs. When a lone predator, usually a shark or dolphin, discovers one of these floating smorgasbords and attacks, a number of events are set into action. Frightened fish elicit a unique odor and other sharks in the area rush to the scene. The fleeing fish then intensify their frantic swimming patterns, alerting even more nearby predators. Now, each member of the murderous team begins to execute its role. The silky sharks and bottlenose dolphins, which are usually mortal enemies, start to surround the school. Gradually, they increase speed and narrow their path, trapping the fish in a tight ball against the surface. Next tuna and marlin rip through the center of the ball, further disorientating the confused prey. Many of the injured bait fish quickly tire and are easily eaten. A full-blown baitball feeding frenzy leaves few survivors. As predators become satiated, new enlistees arrive to continue the slaughter. Against the odds, small groups of baitfish may escape. They will continue to cruise pelagic waters, eating as much as they can as quickly as they can. Once again, the rule of the ocean is clear and simple: get as big as you can before you get eaten. |
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Monta Vista (Cupertino) vs Gunn (Palo Alto) October 16, 2009 GUNN 48, MONTA VISTA 7 Junior running back Josh Jackson scored on a pair of long runs, and senior Maceo Parks matched him with two long scoring strikes of his own as Gunn stayed perfect in league play. Monta Vista's Victor Wan started at QB for injured starter Freddy Kuo. |
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Potter Gray Elementary
Bowling Green City Schools Kentucky http://www.b-g.k12.ky.us View others in my Showcase: http://share.gigapan.org/searchGigapansList.php?keywords=showcase+skirtley Taken with a 13 ft tripod. View more with this tripod: http://gigapan.org/searchGigapansList.php?keywords=skirtley+13 Photo by Steve Kirtley http://yeltrik.net http://SteveKirtley.com |
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whereRU:
Information Visualization Gigapan project, the interior of the SCILS Student Lounge. Visit http://whereru.rutgers.edu to see more Gigapans from the whereRU project. |
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Bachelor students from Faculty of Product Design, Akershus University College in Norway testing and competing for high speed on their project work of steerable sled. The sleds are designed and based on Flexible Flyer steering patent from 1889.
http://www.hiak.no |
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AZ high school bands watching an exhibition performance by ASU Marching band at Hoy Stadium (Phoenix College). The ASU band performed last.
Right after ASU played, the Highland High School Marching Band from Gilbert AZ was awarded the 2009 State Championship. The team reacting to the announcement of their win: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRqCfBjBE98 TECH Hand shot, in low light with 1/4 to 1/6 sec exposures. Amazing that it turned out as well as it did. |
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This whopping 9Gp super gigglepan of 648 individual shots was taken with the Epic 100 on top of a 6m lighting stand. This was necessary to see over the castellations round the 15m wide top of the tower. The castellations are 3m high. Taken on Canon SX1 IS 648 shots 22nd sept 2009 See also www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29552 See the Wills Memorial Tower which this was taken from, from below at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/31606/
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Update: An update from the Houston Chronicle provides a clearer picture of current Government plans for the schools and has been appended to the earlier article which left some needless confusion to arise: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6717563.html
Note: When I first U/L this panorama, it was entitled, Fear ! - 360-Degree Panorama, but that title may add to a sense of being a sensationalist, which I am not except to say that if my church was being shut down by the US Government, I would be a bit fearful. The news is that the Islamic Education Center in Houston is being seized by the US Government because of alledged illegal connections of the Alavi Foundation (from whom the IEC leases their building from) in New York City to the Iranian government. From the above Houston Chronicle article: IEC serves as a place of worship, celebration, community programs and study, according to the center's Web site. Its premises are occupied by one of Houston's largest Shia mosques and the Al Hadi School of Accelerative Learning, a full-time private Islamic school for kindergarten through 12th grade. When this panorama was taken, school kids are inside trying to study and are being protected, but I am sure that there is someone connected to this that has fear of what comes next. This hand-held 360-degree panorama was taken with a Leica D-Lux 3 and was stitched using the GigaPan Stitcher software. Additional details can be found on Stitcher Notes with information there concerning the GigaPan Stitcher run. Note: This panorama can be seen in Google Earth as a curved panorama on a curved surface by clicking the link, View in Google Earth (assuming that you have Google Earth installed on your computer). |
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Clifton College is a British private school. One of its famous old boys is John Cleese of Monty Python fame. This gigapan is around 200 shots taken with a Canon SX1
See also http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/32675/ and try to find it on http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33892/ |