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Jeremy Johnson (spinecrawler)
United States of America
Gigapans: 3
Snapshots: 23
Bookmarks: 0
Last Visited: October 23, 2009
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This is the same as my other pano with the exception that the good South Pole doc (grannydoc) went to the trouble of drawing in each of the constellations that are visible in the sky. You can see the same pano without the stars drawn in at my other pano:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30450
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South Pole 360 degree Pano july 29th
Author: Jeremy Johnson (spinecrawler)
Tags:
South,
Pole,
Aurora,
"Milky,
Way",
Stars,
Night,
Sky,
Snow,
Science
Size: 0.33 gigapixels
Added: August 16, 2009
Total Views: 993
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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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South Pole 360 degree Pano
Author: Jeremy Johnson (spinecrawler)
Tags:
night,
sky,
moon,
stars,
science,
aurora,
360,
antarctica,
pole,
south,
snow
Size: 0.07 gigapixels
Added: August 14, 2009
Total Views: 4169
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This is a 360 degree Panorama of the Aumndsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica.
This was taken on 7-28 during the afternoon at a temperature of around -90F with a windchill of -130F. The moon in the shot was only a slight crescent but is incredibly bright. When the moon is not around we are surrounded by total darkness, unless we happen to be graced by a beautiful aurora! I was lucky enough to catch this nice aurora along with the moon. The moon is so bright down here that it mutes out the sky, making shots of stars quite difficult. I have to move very fast while taking photos down here as my batteries freeze quite quickly and even my tripod freezes and no longer will rotate...
Normally I keep a headlamp with me, but this time I had forgotten it while in a rush to capture the dissipating aurora, so had to shoot with whatever I had last set the camera at, and had to hope i didn't bump the rings since i wouldn't be able to see to change anything. Unfortunately while walking out to this point to take the photos I bumped the focal ring on the lens and ever so slightly causing the pictures to bit out of focus, but the pano was so beautiful I couldn't just toss it.
These images were taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II at 16mm, f-stop 2.8 for 30 second exposures.
*edit: You can see each of the constellations drawn in over the skyline here:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31101
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Stairway
Created: August 17, 2009
Taken From: South Pole 360 degree Pano july 29th
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Total Views: 3
Connecting the lower roof to the upper roof. The Meteorology department goes to the roof daily for Weather Observation. Though during the winter they must stay ont eh lower roof as not to interfere with sensitive scientific instruments watching the night sky. Some of the equipment is so sensitive that it must be turned off during full moons due to the fact that the bright light from the moon will blow out the sensors.
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