Mount St. Helens Panoramic Photo
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 46° 16' 30.21" N, Longitude: 122° 12' 59.69" W, Coord: 46.275061°, -122.21658°
Filed under: Landscape, Panoramas, Washington on 8/15/2007
From the 2005 archives: I left Seattle in the late afternoon and began my speed run south, home to Carlsbad. I planned to stop at three spots: Mount St. Helens, Crater Lake and Oakland. I reached the Johnston Ridge viewpoint of Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (say that three times quickly) before sunset and had the entire place to myself. It was eerie, I was wondering if I had missed an eruption warning or something. This is a panoramic photo, composed of 4 separate images stitched (on the computer) into a single picture.
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| Panorama of Mount St. Helens, viewed from Johnston Ridge. Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington, USA. Image: 19118 Location: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington, USA  View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 3058 x 14970 |
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Tenaya Lake Panoramic Photo
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 49' 43.57" N, Longitude: 119° 28' 2.53" W, Coord: 37.828772°, -119.46737°
Filed under: California, Landscape, National Parks, Panoramas, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite on 8/14/2007
In late summer a few years ago we took the kids to spend a few nights in Tuolumne Meadows and then drive over Tioga Pass to see Mono Lake. We stopped at Lake Tenaya for a swim and a picnic lunch on the way to the meadows. This is a panoramic image, composed of 8 separate photographs stitched (on the computer) into a single picture.
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| Panorama of Tenaya Lake, in Yosemite’s high country. Image ID: 19121 Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 2009 x 14383 |
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Minarets Panorama
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 40' 58.23" N, Longitude: 119° 5' 36.32" W, Coord: 37.682844°, -119.09342°
Filed under: Panoramas, Sierra Nevada on 8/9/2007
On our way to a wedding in Tahoe last summer we stopped for a bit of fishing at Mammoth Lakes. I got up early and made a sunrise visit to the Minarets overlook, and got this view. This is a panoramic photograph, composed of 10 separate images stitched (on the computer) into a single, enormous file.
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| Panorama of the Minarets at sunrise, near Mammoth Mountain. The Minarets are a series of seventeen jagged peaks in the Ritter Range, west of Mammoth Mountain in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. These basalt peaks were carved by glaciers on both sides of the range. The highest of the Minarets stands 12,281 feet above sea level. Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. Image: 19123 Location: Mammoth Lakes, California, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 3233 x 26731 |
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Keywords: Minarets, photo, picture, Mammoth Lakes, image, photography, Sierra Nevada, California.
Exit Glacier Panoramic Photo
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 60° 10' 53.33" N, Longitude: 149° 38' 10.75" W, Coord: 60.181481°, -149.63632°
Filed under: Alaska, Panoramas, Photography on 8/3/2007
While visiting Kenai Fjords National Park recently, I spent the morning taking an easy hike up to the terminal end (terminus?) of Exit Glacier. This is a popular spot, since it is a gentle hike and it is the main attraction of the only road that enters the national park. I think that I was the first person on the trail that morning, since there were no cars in the parking lot and I saw nobody else until I was nearly done with my walk. The weather was great: full sun, warm and quiet. I was hoping to see a bear or moose or something, but the only wildlife I saw was a fat old marmot who hung out until I got my camera at which point he ditched me. This is a panoramic photograph, composed of 10 separate images stitched (on the computer) into a single, enormous image. Note that this is actually a double-self-portrait, as I appear there twice in a manner of sorts. How’d he do dat?
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| Self portrait, panorama of Exit Glacier. Exit Glacier, one of 35 glaciers that are spawned by the enormous Harding Icefield, is the only one that can be easily reached on foot. Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA. Image: 19112 Location: Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 4298 x 17211 |
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Schwabacher Landing Panoramic Photograph
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 43° 42' 43.39" N, Longitude: 110° 40' 16.62" W, Coord: 43.712053°, -110.67129°
Filed under: Grand Teton, National Parks, Panoramas, Wyoming on 8/1/2007
Schwabacher Landing is one of the “must get” spots for photographers visiting Grand Teton National Park. There is a beaver pond a short ways up a fisherman’s trail in which the Teton Range is nicely reflected in a mirror-calm sidewater of the Snake River, making for a postcard view. I make a point of visiting Schwabacher Landing at least once each time I visit, taking a look for the beavers and hoping to see a moose if I’m lucky. Here is a shot of Schwabacher Landing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Early morning, summer. This panoramic photo is formed by stitching nine separate images into a longer panoramic strip.
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| Panorama of the Teton Range reflected in the still waters of Schwabacher Landing, a sidewater of the Snake River. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Image: 19129 Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 3104 x 27272 |
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Crater Lake Panoramic Photograph
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 42° 58' 0.32" N, Longitude: 122° 8' 54.84" W, Coord: 42.966758°, -122.14857°
Filed under: Crater Lake, Landscape, National Parks, Oregon, Panoramas on 7/31/2007
I had always wanted to see Crater Lake and finally got a chance when I was returning to southern California from Washington. I reached the north rim of Crater Lake just as the sun was rising. There was no one else around, even on the drive through the dark leading into Crater Lake National Park I had seen nobody else that morning. The view was stunning, sublime and I felt like I had the place entirely to myself, so naturally I took a self portrait. This panorama is composed of four separate photographs stitched into a long narrow strip.
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| Self portrait at sunrise, panorama of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the six-mile wide lake inside the collapsed caldera of volcanic Mount Mazama. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh-deepest in the world. Its maximum recorded depth is 1996 feet (608m). It lies at an altitude of 6178 feet (1880m). Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. Image: 19130 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA View this Image in Google Earth!Pano dimensions: 2726 x 9677 |
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Panoramic Photo of Half Dome and Washington Column from Stoneman Meadow, Yosemite Valley
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 44' 42.36" N, Longitude: 119° 34' 28.71" W, Coord: 37.7451°, -119.57464°
Filed under: California, Landscape, National Parks, Panoramas, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite on 2/25/2005
Yosemite Valley offers panoramic views that, in many cases, cannot be effectively captured with a single photograph (a frame of film or a single digital image capture). Stitching photographs together digitally offers a way to produce panoramic images using non-panoramic cameras. Below is an example of this technique, considering Half Dome and Washington Column viewed from Stoneman Meadow in Spring. A series of eight digital photographs were taken, with considerable overlap between each, and then stitched together using software to produce a panorama that spans 270 degrees along the horizontal plane:
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| Half Dome (center) and Washington Column (left), late afternoon in spring, viewed from Ahwahnee Meadow. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 07152 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 2852 x 7689 |
Keywords: Yosemite Valley photo, Half Dome, Washington Column, picture, panorama, photograph, image, panoramic photo, stitching, QTVR, Quick Time Virtual Realit
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