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Aboard C-17 jet. 110 people fly to McMurdo Antarctic station from Christchurch, New Zealand. After 5 hours flight we turned back due to bad weather at the landing site http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/17976/ . We made so called boomerang and spent next 5 hours heading north to Christchurch.
8 handheld shots, Pentax K10D, 1/15s. f3.5, ISO 800, focal lenght 27 mm |
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Hercules C-130 on the Pegasus white ice runway in McMurdo.
Group of 50 people arrived on 5th of Jan 2009 to Antarctica after 8 hours flight from Christchurch, New Zealand. They move to Ivan the Terra Bus, the only public like transportation vehicle in Antarctica connecting Mctown with the airport. |
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It did not last for long last season in the harsh Antarctic environment.
Panorama stitched out of 250 pictures, Canon SX10 on Epic 100. Shutter 1/2 s, f/8, ISO 80. |
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Liquor collection, Lake Bonney Camp, Taylor Valley contains 1 matching snapshot(s):
Snapshot: Bison: in Antarctica
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Suess Glacier in the Taylor Valley, one of McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
This is view from the East with a nice reflection in water of Chad Lake which merged recently with Lake Hoare. PENTAX K10D, 33 handheld shots, 1/160s, f/18, ISO 100, focal lenght 38.7 mm |
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360-deg panorama taken inside the C-17 jet airplane flying from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo station on the Ross Island, Antarctica. 110 people were aboard the plane. Most of them are USAP participants (red parkas), there were also some Kiwis and large group of BBC staff with Sir David Attenborough http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/40177/
35 handheld pictures, Pentax K10D, 1/15s, f/4, ISO 800, focal lenght 34.5 mm |
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NSF: McMurdo Station (77°51'S, 166°40'E), the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station on the volcanic hills at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole. The original station was built in 1955 to 1956 for the International Geophysical Year. Today's station is the primary logistics facility for supply of inland stations and remote field camps, and is also the waste management center for much of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Year-round and summer science projects are supported at McMurdo. Its summer population reaches 1100; the winter population of McTown is about 150.
The station has a harbor, landing strips on the sea ice and shelf ice, and a helicopter pad. The station's 85 or so buildings range in size from a small radio shack to large, three-story structures. Repair facilities, dormitories, administrative buildings, a firehouse, power plant, water distillation plant, wharf, stores, clubs, warehouses, a science support center, and the first-class, 4,320 square-meter Crary Lab are linked by above-ground water, sewer, telephone, and power lines. The mean annual temperature is -18°C (0°F). Temperatures may reach 8°C (46°F) in summer and -50°C (-58°F) in winter. The average wind is 12 knots, but winds have exceeded 100 knots. Panorama stitched out of 600 pictures taken with Canon SX10. Vigneting reduced before stitching with VR1.7 http://vignetting.republika.pl/ Post-processed in PhotoShop. Stitcher notes: GigaPan Stitcher version 1.0.0732 (Windows) Panorama size: 3338 megapixels (104132 x 32064) Input images: 600 (40 coluns by 15 rows) Field of view: 100.6 degrees wide by 31.0 degrees high (top=3.1, bottom=-27.9) Settings: use larger blending region Original image properties: Camera model: Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Image size: 3648 x 2736 (10.0 megapixels) Capture time: 2010-01-25 14:14:32 – 2010-01-25 15:09:02 Aperture: f/5.7 Exposure time: 0.002 ISO: 80 Focal length (35 mm equiv.): 565.2 mm White balance: Fixed Exposure mode: Manual Horizontal overlap: 17.3 to 49.5 percent Vertical overlap: 19.8 to 47.4 percent Computer stats: 1023.48 MB RAM. 2 CPUs Total time 8:18:14 (50 seconds per picture) Alignment: 6:03:23, Projection: 11:44, Blending: 2:03:08 (Preview finished in 6:39:32) |
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360-deg panoramic picture taken inside the Jamesway hut - the main structure of the Lake Bonney Camp in the Taylor Valley, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Picture taken late after midnight (see a clock) so there is no people inside. Picture stitched out of 280x3 shots (blended in Enfuse prior to stitching) |
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Taylor Glacier, Dry Valleys, Antarctica |
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Dais dolerite intrusion in Wright Valley in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica - Fantastic shapes of weathered and sculpted by wind dollerite.
GigaPan of Wright Valley with location of Dais http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12089 GigaPan view from Dais http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12086 |
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