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This is from the "High Bridge" probably the best view of downtown St Paul and the surrounding hills. It was a bit windy and the sky was hazy so not a sharp as I would like. Next summer I will try again when there is more activity on the river. Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the north bank of the Mississippi River. Saint Paul-Minneapolis known as the "Twin Cities" form the core of the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.5 million residents. The city's population at the 2000 census was 287,151. Saint Paul serves as the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota. Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849. Regionally, the city is popular for the home of the Minnesota Wild and for the Science Museum of Minnesota. As a business hub of the Upper Midwest, it is headquarters for companies such as Ecolab and Lawson Software. St. Paul, along with its Twin City, Minneapolis, is known for its high literacy rate. It is the only city in the US, with a population of 250,000 or more, to increase the circulation number of Sunday newspapers in 2007. The settlement originally began at present-day Lambert's Landing but was referred to as Pig's Eye, when Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant established a popular tavern there. When Fr. Lucien Galtier, the first Catholic pastor of the region, established the Log Chapel of St. Paul (shortly thereafter to become the first location of the Cathedral of St. Paul), he made it known that the settlement was now to be called by that name, as "St. Paul as applied to a town or city was well appropriated, this monosyllable is short, sounds good, it is understood by all Christian denominations...". |
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Downtown St. Paul from the Wabasha Street bridge on a frosty late afternoon. Robert Rydeen (rlrydeen) has a couple of other views of this area here:
http://gigapan.org/gigapans/37487/ http://gigapan.org/gigapans/37488/ This photo was a good test of the nickel-zinc batteries in my GigaPan, which are supposed to hold their power down to -20°F. They did fine but the GigaPan mechanism stiffened up and was unable to raise the lens on the last few rows. I had to pause and do it manually, which accounts for the uneven border on the right side. As usual, this was taken with a Canon G10 and a Raynox DCR-1540 1.54X auxilliary lens, giving an effective focal length of 219mm. 1.8 second GigaPan delay. |
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360 with hasselblad camera. trotter Art can print from your files. $11 / sq foot plus shiping. 6 ft minimum. we have a 60 " printer. jim 314-878-0777 http://trotterart.com |
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Night time view of the Weighbridge area of St. Helier, the capital of Jersey, UK. |
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360 view around the vast St Peters Square in the Vatican City in Rome. For more around Rome, check my profile here or my website at http://lifeinmegapixels.com |
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Keeping Jersey 'special' has never been easy or indeed always possible. Currently there is a tangible groundswell of public unease at the marked changes to the character of much of our coastline, changes that are leaving Islanders with a genuine sense of concern.
Through it's Coastline Campaign, launched in 2006, The National Trust for Jersey now feels compelled to provide a positive channel for this concern. The principle aim of "A Line in the Sand" is to provide Islanders with a simple opportunity to actively and visibly show their suppport for the safeguarding of Jersey's superb coastline. The idea is to form a human chain along the beach at St Ouen stretching from Le Braye towards L'Etacq. Please join us at 1.00pm on Sunday 4 October to show your support for protecting Jersey's precious coastline. The event will be marked with an aerial photo taken at 2.00pm. For further information and updates visit www.coast.je or see local media. Mike Stentiford MBE, President, National Trust for Jersey, Coastline Campaign. |
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World Fair Pavilion in Forest Park, St Louis, MO
The memory bricks of the foreground may be of interest to you. Check to see anyone you know have a memory brick ... leave a snapshot. |
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The view from inside the bird watching hide overlooking La Mare au Seigneur, more commonly known as St Ouens Pond, a very popular bird watching site on the west coast of Jersey. UK. |
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This is the crash scene on Main Street in Safety Harbor where Andrew Hall was hit. Main Street is a straight road and the curve you see is a distortion that happened as a result of making the panoramic photo. For the complete story on the Andrew Hall accident and the race to save his life, please go to http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/golden-hour/ |
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new sculpture garden stlouis mo we print fron your gigapan files $11/sq ft 6 ft minimum http://trotterart.com jim trotter 314-878-0777 |