Grand Canyon GigaView > Grand Canyon GigaView #21 Shinumo Creek by Thomas Hayden

Canon PowerShot S5IS

A close up view of a Grand Canyon riparian area, this GigaPan was taken in a spot that rarely sees the burning sun. Just above a terrific swimming hole, this bend in the creek was the only shady spot I could reach without wading equipment across (again). Shinumo Creek supports a wide ecosystem through arid terrain, all the way to a babbling confluence with the Colorado. Recently, the Park Service has reintroduced the endangered Humpback Chub to the creek from a population at the Little Colorado. I saw several large fish while swimming and had smaller ones nibbling at my toes.

Grand Canyon GigaView is a new school virtual tour of the Grand Canyon created with a collection of GigaPan images taken on a private rafting trip in April 2010 and geolocated in Google Earth. Explore the journey grandcanyongigaview.tumblr.com /
Search for it here on GigaPan.org or dive into the day by day trip report at the link above. Enjoy & please share with your networks!

You can also explore this image at Photosynth.net and Bing Maps where you are surrounded by the spherical image. Check it out here: photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=2a3cf07c-1a8a-4c6d-ac34-69730de3a476 
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Thanks for your interest in my work.
Thomas Hayden