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Gatklettur is a rock formation in the west of Iceland. It is located near Arnarstapi on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland.
Gatklettur near Arnarstapi on Snæfellsnes (Iceland)
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Skálholtdómkirkja is the icelandic term for ‘Cathedral of Skálholt’. It was errected between 1956 an 1963. It is located at Skálholt, a site which hosted a bishop 800 years.
Standing inside Skálholtdómkirkja (Iceland).
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The Gullfoss (which means Golden Falls in icelandic) is a waterfall in the canyon of the river Hvítá in the southwest of Iceland. The waterfall is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland.
Standing at Gullfoss (Iceland).
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The geysir Strokkur is located in the geothermal area of the Great Geysir in the valley of Haukadalur. It erupts every 5 to 10 minutes 15 to 20 meters high. Sometimes the eruption reaches 40 meters.
Standing at geysir Strokkur (Iceland).
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Öxarárfoss is a waterfall in Þingvellir National Park (Iceland). It’s heigth is approximately 20 meters (about 66 feet). It’s name is derived from the river Öxará.
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Hallgrímskirkja is a church in Reykjavík (Iceland). It is the largest church of the island. It is also the second tallest building in Iceland.
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This weekend I built my remote control for my Sony NEX-7. So I was finally able to do a pole shot with this camera. This is the resulting panorama.
Construction site of the European Central Bank
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Recently we had equinox and as we are living on the northern hemisphere it was spring equinox. Traditionally this is the time when we go out and shoot a panorama for the World Wide Panorama (WWP). An event where we regularly contribute since 2005. The theme of the event was “paths”. Thinking about “paths” I finally thought of educational trails (Lehrpfad in German literally translates to educational path) which are very common in Germany. I did a search on educational trails in Frankfurt and found an educational trail of the faculty of geosciences/geography at the University of Frankfurt/M.
As I followed the trail I did several sphericals. The one I finally chose for the event shows a lovely spot near the old village center of Niederursel a district of Frankfurt/M.
You can view the panorama “Following the Educational Trail” on the pages of the World Wide Panorama (WWP).
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Every seven years the Schäfflertanz is performed during the carnival. Schäfflertanz translates to “Dance of the coopers”. It is said that in the year 1571 the coopers started dancing on the streets to bring the inhabitants of Munich back onto the streets after a pest epidemic. Nowadays this habit is performed all over Upper Bavaria.
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This panorama shows Bad Hindelang from the viewpoint Nusche, that’s just halfway to the urban district of Gailenberg. It is a sort of an experiment because it is one of my first hand held shots with the Sony NEX-5 camera using the 16mm pancake lens and the fisheye converter. I took eight pictures around, two zenith and two nadir shots. I took eight images, because with only a Philopod setup this is easier to shoot than only six shots around, which would give you enough overlap for the lens combination. The original equirectangular image had a size of 12000×6000 pixels.
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