California Mountains and Deserts Gigapans
I am now a beta tester for the Gigapan robotic camera mount . It automates the process of capturing multiple images to assemble into a panorama. My earlier panoaramas were typically composed of 24 pictures and contained about 70 megapixels. Now I am producing panoramas assembled from nearly 500 images and containing over two billion pixels. My Gigapan ID is GoletaBrian .
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California Panoramas slideshow video
VIDEO Here's a pan and scan tour of panoramas that I made of California landmarks.
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Mojave - Kennedy Meadows, December 6, 2008
On Saturday, December 6, I started at the Mojave Airport. I drove north on the Antelope Valley Freeway to Nine Mile Canyon, which I followed to Kennedy Meadows. Above Kennedy Meadows, just past Fish Ctreek Meadow at an elevation of 7,800 feet, the road was icy, so I returned the same way.
Red Rock Canyon straddles Highway 14 north of Mojave.
Panorama size: 773 megapixels (43261 x 17879 pixels)
Fish Creek Meadow is at an elevation of 7,300 feet in the southern Sierra Nevada.
Panorama size: 1368 megapixels (71224 x 19218 pixels)
Fish Creek Meadow little planet
Kennedy Meadows is reached by way of nine Mile Canyon
Panorama size: 333 megapixels (29792 x 11184 pixels)
Kennedy Meadows little planet
Death Valley National Park: Lee Flat, Racetrack Playa, and Ubehebe Crater, October 6, 2008
On October 6, I frove from Lone Pine to Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley National Park by way of Lee Flar, Hunter Mountain, Ulita Flat, Hidden Valley, Racetrack Playa, and Ubehebe Crater.
Lee Flat sits between the Inyo Mountains and the Nelson Range on the western edge of Death Valley National Park. It is home to a relatively dense Joshua Tree forest.
Panorama size: 602 megapixels (42207 x 14276 pixels)
Racetrack Playa and the Grandstand. The Grandstand is an outcrop of rock in the middle of Racetrack Playa, where the rocks move when nobody is watching. It was a potential emergency landing site for the North American X-15 rocket plane.
Panorama size: 572 megapixels (50536 x 11331 pixels)
Ubehebe Crater is a phreato-magmatic explosion crater, the result of hot magma heating ground water and triggering a steam explosion about 1,000 years ago.
Panorama size: 274 megapixels (27877 x 9840 pixels)
Owens Valley: Alabama Hills, Whitney Portal, and Horseshoe Meadow, October 5, 2008
On October 5, 2008, I toured the area around Lone Pine, California. I started in the Alabama Hils, drove up to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and then up to Horseshoe Medow at 10,000 feet elevation in the Sierras.
Movie Flat in the Alabama Hills has been the site of many movie productions.
Panorama size: 682 megapixels (60735 x 11234 pixels)
Early morning in the Alabama Hills with the Sierra Nevada in the background.
Panorama size: 792 megapixels (59150 x 13398 pixels)
Mount Whitney and the Whitney Portal Road. Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the continental United States with an elevation of 14,497 feet. The Whitney Portal Road was made famous in the climactic chase scene at the end of the Humphrey Bogart movie High sierra .
Panorama size: 697 megapixels (47609 x 14657 pixels)
Tuttle Creek Road runs through the Alabama Hills. Parts of the movie Tremors were filmed along the road.
Panorama size: 1013 megapixels (66148 x 15320 pixels)
Horseshoe Meadow is perched at 10,000 feet elevation in the Sierra Nevada.
Panorama size: 535 megapixels (41990 x 12745 pixels)
The Inyo Mountains form the backdrop for this sunset view from Horseshoe Meadow Road at an elevation of 8,400 feet in the Sierra Nevada, high above Lone Pine and Owens Lake.
Panorama size: 548 megapixels (47254 x 11611 pixels)
California Poppies, April 26, 2008
Cerro Gorde, Inyo Mountains, October 9, 2007
Hidden Valley overlook, Hunter Mountain, October 9, 2007
Note the duplicated rock and background landscape near the center of the panorama.
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California High Desert
2020 Calendar
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California High Desert locations include Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, Saline Valley and the Inyo Mountains.
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Mojave Desert
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featuring my photographs of the Mojave Desert.
A dozen photos of the Mojave Desert. Locations include the Panamint Valley, the ghost town of Ballarat, the ghost town of Cerro Gordo, the Inyo Mountains, and the Saline Valley.
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Saline and Panamint Valleys
2020 Calendar
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featuring my photographs of the Saline and Panamint Valleys.
A dozen photos of the Saline and Panamint Valleys. The Saline Valley is a remote and beautiful part of Death Valley National Park. The primitive roads and utter lack of services make it one of the least visited parts of the park. I strongly recommend 4-wheel-drive, high-clearance vehicles to get there. We get a flat tire on nearly every trip. The Saline Valley is bounded on the west by the Inyo Mountains with peaks reaching over 11,000 feet. The bottom of the valley floor is at an elevation two miles below the peaks of the Inyos. The lowest pass out of the valley is almost 4,000 feet higher than the almost dry lakebed.
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Inyo County Mountains
2020 Calendar
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featuring my photographs of Inyo County Mountains.
A dozen photos of mountainous terrain in Inyo County. Locations include:
Alabama Hills
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California Basin and Range
2020 Calendar
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featuring my photographs of the Basin and Range province in eastern California.
A dozen photos of the Basin and Range province in eastern California. Locations include:
Barber Point in the Inyo Mountains,
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Wide Open Spaces of California
2020 Calendar
Deluxe Edition
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featuring my very wide angle photographs of eastern California, from the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley. The photos are 9-1/2" x 13-1/2".
A dozen very wide angle 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" photographs of eastern California, from the Sierra Nevada to Death Valley.
Horseshoe Meadow
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Little Planets
2020 Calendar
Deluxe Edition
You can buy a 2020 Calendar
featuring my Little Planet photographs. The photos are 9-1/2" x 13-1/2".
A dozen 9-1/2" x 13-1/2" 360-degree panoramas wrapped in a circle to make little planets. Locations include Antelope Valley, Saline Valley, Hunter Mountain, Racetrack Playa, Horseshoe Meadow, and the Inyo Mountains.
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My giant photographs are now available as framed prints, gallery wrapped canvas prints, rolled prints, and greeting cards. They are prepared by Fine Art America. Select from thousands of frames, mats, and wrap combinations and receive your fine art prints within one week! No PayPal account is necessary.
These are intricately detailed, wide-angle images created with a Gigapan robotic camera mount and Stittcher software. Most photos are available in a variety of sizes as large as 48" x 78". Some photos are available as large as 48" x 84".
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