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Everest at 2 billion pixels | |
Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460  United States12/18/2012 08:40 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, thanks OP. That is stunning and reminds me that all the noise is just that. Our home is Stunning. Quoting: AlaskaLove Love and Light to all. Its nice to see this planet with all it has to offer, and this is a nice break from the cesspool we all live in. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15740069 United States12/18/2012 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Helkuit User ID: 28469279  New Zealand12/18/2012 08:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | easy to do with the right software and hardware. It's really not that hard, it's all about time! Set camera up on a special head, punch in the settings etc, hit go, wait till it's finished then let your computer do the work. [link to gigapan.com] Hell you can even do large ones manually if you are patient. I have manual panoramas taken with 66 photos all joined together. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15366973  Romania12/18/2012 08:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its nice to see this planet with all it has to offer, and this is a nice break from the cesspool we all live in. Quoting: Fire & Ice Too bad, most of us will never get to see it in person ! Besides the astronomical costs of an expedition to Everest, you have to be a top climber in extremely good physical and mental shape to make it to the top of that mountain ! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21922850 United States12/18/2012 08:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/18/2012 09:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I saw a really cool cave to the left side of the frame. Looks like it could be inhabited by the way the rocks are laying in the entrance, which is behind the overhang, so the rocks could not have fallen there. Yetti's house? Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/18/2012 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | wow. I zoomed in on all the little buildings and tents below, even saw some people. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21922850 great stuff! Just saw those. There are a ton of tents at the bottom of the frame. Without zooming in, you would never know they were there. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/18/2012 10:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, I guess its off to the Abyss, at least some of you got to see this. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 30231984 United States12/18/2012 10:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | heck this out OP and go nuts... [link to www.airpano.com] |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/18/2012 11:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | heck this out OP and go nuts... [link to www.airpano.com] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30231984 That is awesome. Thanks for the link, thats a keeper. Last Edited by Fire & Ice on 12/18/2012 11:12 PM Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/18/2012 11:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | easy to do with the right software and hardware. Quoting: Helkuit It's really not that hard, it's all about time! Set camera up on a special head, punch in the settings etc, hit go, wait till it's finished then let your computer do the work. [link to gigapan.com] Hell you can even do large ones manually if you are patient. I have manual panoramas taken with 66 photos all joined together. My camera does kinda the same thing in low light. It takes a series of high speed frames, assembles them in the camera, and gives a very good, shake free image, without a tripod. But it is no way as clear as this. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 6139196 United States12/19/2012 01:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Dapurps User ID: 30138682 Canada12/19/2012 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You can see the orange tents on the bottom to grasp the size. Quoting: Dapurps Thanks OP this is awesome. Weird. Just had total deja vu reading your post. Haven't had that in like 10 years. Felt like I already read it recently. Haha didn't notice someone already pointed it out. "What you perceive to be becomes your reality." :ftwpanda: dapurps |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 30333611  Germany12/19/2012 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| SpaceCommand User ID: 1009022 United States12/19/2012 01:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  "With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." William Wordsworth And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address Lincoln's economic advisor Henry C. Carey explained the universal issue in his 1851 Harmony of Interests: "Two systems are before the world.... One looks to pauperism, ignorance, depopulation, and barbarism; the other to increasing wealth, comfort, intelligence, combination of action, and civilization. One looks towards universal war; the other towards universal peace. One is the English system; the other ... the American system, for ... elevating while equalizing the condition of man throughout the world." "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | From Glacier Works home page on Facebook Apparently, we're TRYING to crash our servers... (again...) Wow - a very warm "hello" to our TWO HUNDRED new friends! Our Facebook page is where we share internal goings-on, but if you'd also like news about the Greater Himalayan Region please follow us on Twitter. Hope to tweet you soon! (See what we did there?) OK. We'll be on CNN The Situation Room tonight at 6pm local in the USA. Today is officially blowing our minds. [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is how gigapanning is done. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30333611 It uses a 'normal' (top notch, though) DSLR mounted on sort of a robotic tripod steered by a special software. It moves around and takes one shot after another, then everything is edited to one giant photograph. Cool, I have a camera just like it, the Sony A77, which shoots at 12FPS, the highest Frame per second in DSLR's. Now all I need is the software, and Yosemite here I come (an hour an a half away) Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 07:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I tend to agree, not because its my post (pins don't get me too excited), but because its so incredible, more people should experience this. Imagine where digital photography will be in 20 years, with wall sized flat screens. You can go anywhere in the world, and not leave your living room. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 07:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is how gigapanning is done. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30333611 It uses a 'normal' (top notch, though) DSLR mounted on sort of a robotic tripod steered by a special software. It moves around and takes one shot after another, then everything is edited to one giant photograph. You just made my day. I googled Gigapanning, and found a unit for only 900 bucks, with the stitch software. Not bad for an entry level unit. Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 07:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a cool gigapan, with a Christmas theme. You can zoom by just using your mouse and scroll wheel. [link to gigapan.com] Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 07:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to gigapan.com] Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
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| Carbide User ID: 28794830 United States12/19/2012 08:09 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | To see how really clear this is, once in Panorama view, click on the + tab at the bottom and zoom in, incredible. I have a 25 megapixel Sony camera, which is very clear, and considered a very high pixel count for digital cameras, but this image is crazy clear. I want to see more, but can't find but this one. Quoting: Fire & Ice Hey OP I was just looking at one of these pictures of Bolivia just the other day do a search I'm sure you can find it . Carbide |
| Fire & Ice (OP) User ID: 25857460 United States12/19/2012 08:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | To see how really clear this is, once in Panorama view, click on the + tab at the bottom and zoom in, incredible. I have a 25 megapixel Sony camera, which is very clear, and considered a very high pixel count for digital cameras, but this image is crazy clear. I want to see more, but can't find but this one. Quoting: Fire & Ice Hey OP I was just looking at one of these pictures of Bolivia just the other day do a search I'm sure you can find it . I found a site just for Gigapixel shots, see link below. This has opened up a whole new world for me. Check this one out of Big Sur. Sure beats climbing down that cliff, to see every nook and crany of the shore. [link to gigapan.com] Last Edited by Fire & Ice on 12/19/2012 08:28 PM Proud to be deplorable The only constant is change The winds of anger, blows out the candle of intelligence "Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into his soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep" "One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it" |
