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Ron Hipschman (ronhip)
San Francisco,
United States of America
Gigapans: 34
Snapshots: 81
Bookmarks: 0
Last Visited: November 17, 2009
Tags:
exploratorium
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I work at the Exploratorium in San Francisco maintaining our internet presence by doing things like this (GigaPanning!) and working with our website and webcast crews (among many other fun jobs). Before GigaPan showed up on the scene, I was into QuickTime VR pans (CERN, various NASA facilities, etc. which you can find on the Exploratorium's website)
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Gigapan robotic tripod head |
| beta version |
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Canon G9 camera |
| 12 Megapixel camera |
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Canon G9 |
| 12 megapixel camera |
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This is the press viewing area at Kennedy Space Center. The famous count-down clock is still the time standard of choice at the far end of the lawn. To the right of the clock, 3 miles distant, you can see Launch Complex 39A with Atlantis on the pad ready to service the Hubble Space Telescope. To the left of the clock, also 3 miles distant (the closest you can be to the launch pad), you can see Launch Complex 39B with Endeavour ready to mount a rescue mission should anything go wrong with Atlantis. The three tall towers are lightning arrestors. Next to the press area is the giant Vehicle Assembly Building where the shuttle and boosters are put together.
For more information about Kennedy Space Center, see http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
For more information about the Space Shuttle program, see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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This is the Great 36-inch Refractor at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. This telescope was completed in 1888 with a $700,000 donation by James Lick and was, at the time, the largest telescope in the world. James Lick is entombed at the base of the telescope. A fitting monument to him.
The observatory has graciously allowed the Exploratorium to use this wonderful instrument for several webcasts. Here we are webcasting the impact of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft into the moon on October 9th, 2009.
To watch the LCROSS webcast, go to http://explo.tv and search for LCROSS.
For more information about this telescope, see the Observatory website at http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/36-inch.html
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Beautifully lit at night, the shuttle is dazzling in the darkness of Kennedy Space Center. Some unfortunate movement of the GigaPan robot during the 0.5 second exposure ruined the otherwise glorious shot.
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Here we see the Space Shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A one day before the launch of the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. It is enclosed inside the Rotating Service Structute (RSS) that protects the orbiter from the elements while sitting on the pad allowing NASA technicians access to the orbiter and payload bay. The giant cubical Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is visible three miles away. The large water tank to the right of the launch pad is part of the sound suppression water system. For more info on Launch Complex 39, see http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-lc39.html. For more on the Space Shuttle, see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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Palace of Fine Arts (Rotunda)
Author: Ron Hipschman (ronhip)
Tags:
francisco,
san,
exploratorium,
rotunda,
arts,
fine,
of,
palace,
california,
marina
Size: 0.60 gigapixels
Added: April 26, 2009
Total Views: 760
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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The Exploratorium is housed in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco's Marina district. The is the only remaining building of the Panama Pacific International Exposition held in 1915. The Palace was reconstructed in the 1960's.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
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Palace of Fine Arts - Rotunda, colonnade and lagoon
Author: Ron Hipschman (ronhip)
Tags:
fine,
of,
colonnade,
rotunda,
lagoon,
california,
francisco,
arts,
san,
exploratorium,
palace
Size: 1.66 gigapixels
Added: April 26, 2009
Total Views: 861
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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The Exploratorium is housed in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco's Marina district. The is the only remaining building of the Panama Pacific International Exposition held in 1915. The Palace was reconstructed in the 1960's.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
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Hangar One at Moffit Field (NASA Ames Research Center)
Author: Ron Hipschman (ronhip)
Tags:
ship,
air,
center,
research,
ames,
nasa,
field,
moffit,
one,
hangar
Size: 0.69 gigapixels
Added: March 13, 2009
Total Views: 909
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Hangar One is one of the most visible buildings in the San Francisco Bay Area. Built in the 1930's to house air ships, it is one of the largest freestanding buildings in the world. It sits on Moffit Field, now part of NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_One_(Mountain_View,_California)
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This island acts as the communication center for Antarctica. All Radio (HF and VHF), data (internet) and TV goes through this island before reaching the main U.S. base, McMurdo Station, a short 20 minute helicopter ride away. The two radomes (golfball like structures) each contain a large parabolic communications dish. The smaller contains a 7.2 meter dish and the larger contains an 11 meter dish that will be put into operation soon. The entire operation can be powered by the four wind generators and solar cells on the living quarter roof, but they also have diesel generator backups. Two people live here in the austral summer months to keep things running.
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