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Ron Schott (rschott)
Hays, Kansas,
United States of America
Gigapans: 519
Snapshots: 1297
Bookmarks: 2389
Last Visited: November 14, 2009
Tags:
geologist,
educator
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I am a geology professor at Fort Hays State University, located in Hays, Kansas.
GigaPanner Blog: http://www.gigapanner.com
Web Page: http://ron.outcrop.org/
Geology Blog: http://ron.outcrop.org/blog/
Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rschott/sets/
Unless otherwise noted, my GigaPan photos posted on this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License (BY-NC-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Please contact me if you're interested in using them for commercial purposes.
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Canon Digital Rebel XT |
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Canon S5 IS on GigaPan robotic mount |
| The S5 IS is capable of 12x zoom and 8 megapixels per shot. |
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Canon S5 IS with Teleconverter |
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Canon S5 IS with Teleconverter on GigaPan Beta robotic mount |
| The teleconverter lens magnifies the S5's 12x zoom by 1.5x to 18x |
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Canon SX10 IS on GigaPan Beta robotic mount |
| The SX10 IS is capable of 20x zoom and 10 megapixels per shot. |
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Thin section view of a granitoid from the southern Sierra Nevada Batholith.
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Nothing like a late afternoon thunderstorm to clear the air...
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Newberry Caldera
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
newberry,
volcano,
caldera,
paulina,
lake,
east,
big,
obsidian,
flow,
rhyolite,
coulee,
geology,
fofs,
epic100,
35x14
Size: 2.71 gigapixels
Added: September 12, 2009
Total Views: 327
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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Paulina Lake (left) and East Lake (in the distance) mark the depression of the Newberry Volcano Caldera. Unlike Crater Lake, Newberry's caldera is not the result of a single climactic eruption, but rather a number of eruptions over time. Newberry is also different from Crater Lake in that there are many more post-caldera lava flows and cones that fill the caldera. The most obvious of these is the relatively young, and unvegetated Big Obsidian Flow - a rhyolite coulee that covers a large part of the southern caldera.
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Looking down into the notch through which Interstate 70 passes into the San Rafael Swell.
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San Rafael Swell
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
san,
rafael,
swell,
utah,
i-70,
geology,
hogbacks,
360,
fofs,
epic100,
77x10
Size: 4.29 gigapixels
Added: September 11, 2009
Total Views: 353
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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The abrupt east face of the San Rafael Swell where I-70 pierces it. Outside of Boulder, Colorado you'd be hard pressed to find a better example of hogbacks.
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There's a lot of Mancos Shale around the Colorado Plateau, and no lack of it in this GigaPan.
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Just east of the San Rafael Swell this hill is composed entirely of sedimentary rocks of the dinosaur-bearing Jurassic Morrison Formation.
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The gently dipping west side of the San Rafael Swell is one of the more desolate stretches of America traversed by a major interstate highway. Desolate, but not lacking in geologic wonders.
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The breathtaking view of the cliff behind my campsite is only marred by the clouds that couldn't decide if they were going to hide the sun or not. I made two aborted attempts to capture this one before I decided on an exposure setting and just let it rip. Partly cloudy days are not good for my blood pressure.
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Interstate 80 and two tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad pass thru tunnels just east of Carlin, Nevada.
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