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Snow fell for two straight days in Boulder, Colo., dumping almost three feet of snow in some places. Thought it would be a good time to take the gigapan out (covered in a plastic bag) to capture this snowy scene. Enjoy wandering around this photo. Two days later all the snow had melted, just in time for Halloween. |
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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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Aspen Highlands Maroon Bowl on Closing Day, 2009. Ed Armstrong Speed-Fly's Maroon Bowl. Speed-Flying is like paragliding, but the kite is much smaller and therefore the speed is much higher. You use skiis to get enough speed for takeoff. Its a pretty radical and exciting sport only practiced by a few.
Maroon Bowl is on the backside of the Fantastic Highlands Bowl at Aspen Highlands Ski Resort. It is in the backcountry and has significant risks including a river to cross at the bottom, but the turns are sweet. You can view many more Colorado Gigapans by me here: http://share.gigapan.org/viewProfile.php?userid=414 Please send your teenagers on an excellent summer education adventure teaching sailing, scuba diving, and marine biology in the British Virgin Islands - http://www.odysseyexpeditions.com |
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The Dome Shelter was recently damaged by a sudden eruption from the lake. |
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This is another Panorama of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This one was taken technically on the 29th, the day after my previous similar shot. Though just barely, this shot was taken at 1 am.
This photo is however, very different. The moon is in front of the station in this shot rather than behind it, which makes the station look completely different. My other shot makes the station look very dark (which it is to provide heating through absorption of the sun's rays), whereas this one is very light, and almost all white. During the winter, the blowing snow sticks to the station making everything turn white. During the summer season it will not be cold enough to stick, and the sun is there to heat the special black siding also keeping the snow away. I Intentionally left the moon split between the pano, because I liked the effect . Unlike my other Pano, this one I remembered to bring my headlamp and make sure everything on the camera was set correctly, and thus this shot is actually in focus! You can clearly see the station details. This was again taken in temps around -90F. I've had multiple 360 pano attempts fail because the camera's batteries froze before i got spun all the way around :{ This was shot with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16mm, f-stop 2.8 and 30 second exposures |
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These family housing units for the Maniilaq Health Center are literally on the edge of town. Beyond is the vast Arctic tundra, which in winter is a formidable, snowy, treeless, windswept wilderness. On this particular day, I saw a moose on one of the snow banks by the building on the left. You can see his escort out of town on gigapan.org. Just look for Moose on the Loose. |
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This is the view from the train at the station on top of the Oberalp Pass. This is the route of the famous Glacier Express The train runs trhoughout the whole year whereas the the road is only open from late spring to the beginning of the winter. See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberalp_Pass http://www.mgbahn.ch/travelinformation.php http://www.mgbahn.ch/travelinformation/cartransport/oberalp.php http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ch/narrow_gauge/MGB/station/Oberalppass/Oberalp_x1.jpg Built with Panoramastudio Pro You find my panoramas with http://gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/?q=fritz+hanke or http://gigapan.org/gigapans/most_recent/?q=fritz+hanke |
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Mt. Sopris is actually the tallest mountain in Colorado when measured from its base to its peak, but not the highest at 12995 feet.
Tech note, this photo was taken from12 miles away using a 1100mm (35mm equiv) lens on a Nikon D200 mounted on an Orion Teletrack Telescope Mount robotically driven with Papywizard software. Stitched with the Gigapan Stitcher (Autopano Giga 2 failed) |
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The Churfirsten mountains from north. |
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Seefeld is a village in the Tirol province of Austria and is located 17 km northwest of Innsbruck. It is a popular destination for walking holidays in the summer, and winter sports in winter.
Seefeld, with its approximately 3,000 inhabitants and 8,500 guest beds, forms the core of the Olympiaregion Seefeld. The pedestrian district in the centre of town is great for walking and shopping in summer and winter alike. Seefeld is an important centre for cross-country skiing. The Nordic events at both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics were hosted at Seefeld. The 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships also took place here. World Cup competitions have been located here a number of times. The alpine skiing area is small and appropriate for beginners. There are two separate small areas which are not connected except by a ski bus or taxis. The terrain itself is quite good and there is good access to other facilities (walks, shops and the Olympia swimming complex). See the same panorama as spherical panorama here: http://www.360cities.net/image/seefeld-haermelekopf-bergstation |