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Ron Schott (rschott)
Hays, Kansas,
United States of America
Gigapans: 709
Snapshots: 1588
Bookmarks: 0
Last Visited: August 31, 2010
Tags:
educator,
geologist
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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 |
| shot by hand |
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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 |
| shot by hand |
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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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Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake from Windy Ridge, August 5, 2009
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
mtsthelens,
volcano,
sunrise,
pyroclastic,
deposits,
debris,
fan,
crater,
lava,
dome,
fofs,
epic100,
95x20
Size: 10.96 gigapixels
Added: August 27, 2010
Total Views: 288
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This GigaPan was shot early in the morning from the Windy Ridge viewpoint in the eastern portion of Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. At 1900 input images it took two hours to shoot and almost a full day to stitch on my brand new workstation. But the result is all I had hoped for and more. Now that I've finally broken the ten gigapixel barrier, I'm eager to push the outside of the envelope even further...
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Well, technically California's state rock is called "serpentine" but the proper rock name is serpentinite. I dedicate this GigaPan to all of the geologists fighting CA Senate Bill 624. I highly recommend following Garry Hayes' blog coverage here: http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2010/08/serpentine-nazis-serial-killer-hatred.html You can also follow recent developments on Twitter by searching for the hashtag #CAserpentine. If you live in California it may not be too late to contact your state legislator and tell them that you oppose SB#624.
Long Live #CAserpentine as California's State Rock!
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Fox Pavilion and Emprise Bank Building, Hays, Kansas
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
epic100,
30x11,
fofs,
downtown,
kansas,
hays,
building,
bank,
emprise,
theater,
fox
Size: 1.61 gigapixels
Added: July 27, 2010
Total Views: 199
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These buildings are directly across the street from the Hays Public Library that I GigaPanned last week: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/54708/
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Ellis County Court House, Hays, Kansas
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
ellis,
county,
court,
house,
hays,
kansas,
downtown,
fofs,
epic100,
27x9
Size: 1.19 gigapixels
Added: July 27, 2010
Total Views: 121
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Hays is the county seat of Ellis County in western Kansas. The geologist in me appreciates the trouble that the builders went to to bring in such nice igneous and metamorphic rocks that make up the stairway and lobby. The large antenna atop the courthouse is for the Hays Police Department which occupies an adjacent building.
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Ash & 8th Streets, Hays, Kansas
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
hays,
kansas,
summer,
afternoon,
downtown,
fofs,
epic100,
47x9
Size: 2.11 gigapixels
Added: July 27, 2010
Total Views: 180
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A hot summer afternoon in downtown Hays, Kansas.
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United Methodist Church, Hays, Kansas
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
united,
methodist,
church,
hays,
kansas,
fofs,
epic100,
21x9
Size: 0.98 gigapixels
Added: July 27, 2010
Total Views: 122
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No, the steeple doesn't actually look like that. There seems to be a gravity well in the stitching software. In previous versions of of the stitching software I'd go to the saved projected images and clean this up in Photoshop, but since that feature has been removed in the current version of Stitch I'll leave this as is as another reminder to the programmers that we'd really like that feature back.
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Ellis, Kansas 360
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
ellis,
kansas,
360,
railroad,
museum,
downtown,
park,
beta,
fofs,
44x6
Size: 0.79 gigapixels
Added: July 27, 2010
Total Views: 217
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I thought about reshooting this GigaPan today, but when I got over to Ellis the sun was playing hide and seek behind some clouds. Instead I decided to go back and restitch the set I shot back in early 2008. And whaddya know, the new Stitch program aligned them with much better level this time. Since the only snapshots on that other one were my own I suppose I'll just retire the earlier version of this GigaPan once this restitch is posted.
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This is yet another GigaPan I shot back in 2008 that didn't stitch at the time. I recognize the dandelions, but does any one know the identity of the small purple flowers?
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This 360 degree panorama was shot at the corner of South Walnut St. and West Florida Ave. in Greensburg, Kansas on July 17, 2008, about 14.5 months after a devastating F5 tornado leveled about 95% of the city. Greensburg was still in the early stages of rebuilding then, and is now a prime example of a city that has embraced green rebuilding practices. For more information on Greensburg see the city website (http://www.greensburgks.org/) and Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensburg,_Kansas). Some of the artefacts from the devastating tornado can be seen in this GigaPan: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/2423/
This is another GigaPan I shot some time ago that failed to stitch in an earlier version of the GigaPan Stitcher software.
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It's been a while since I GigaPanned around Hays, KS. It's time to remedy that.
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