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A cycling friend of mine, Dr Fergus Macbeth, is also a
keen mountaineer. In summer 2006 he returned from a holiday in the European
Alps with some breathtaking photographs of his trip.
Panorama of the Pennine Alps from the Bec de
Bossons Hut: Weisshorn, Zinalrothorn, Obergabelhorn and Dente Blanche;
August 2006 |
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Panorama looking south west from the Bec de
Bossons hut: Arolla Aiguilles Rouges, Grand Combin and Mont Blanc; August
2006 |
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On the summit of Mont Blanc de Cheillon with
views of Grand Combin, Mont Blanc and the Chamonix Aiguilles; August 2006 |
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This was my first commission,
in that David Fine, an optician in Cowbridge, climbed Kilimanjaro this
year and photographed a sunrise from the summit. Although he didn't know
it at the time, his two pictures from the summit stitched together quite
nicely and with a little size tweak of the sun, made a nice panoramic
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This is one of the prettiest
panoramas that I have ever see. It's a classic example of being at the
right place at the right time. An e-contact of mine, Peter Laycock was
coming over Rannoch Moor to be met by this wonderful scene. He makes
panorama's using a similar technique to myself, and I give him full credit
for this one. |
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A year in the life of a tree. Not
just any old tree, but one in Penllyn that I often see on one of my
regular biking circuits. I think it has a classic shape and wanted to see
how it changed with the seasons. |
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This was one sent to me in 2005 from another panoramic
enthusiast, Jamie Williams of Huyton on Merseyside. He has a friend who
flies and enabled him to take this panorama of Snowdonia. His instruction to
the pilot were to fly as slowly as possible without stopping! |
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and finally, here's one that I
can claim no credit for whatsoever. NASA have this overview of our humble
home on their web site at: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg
It puts all our efforts into some kind of perspective. It's a big file,
390K, but worth the wait. There's a fascinating programme called World
Wind downloadable from the NASA site which gives you a 3D image ability for
anywhere on the planet. |
