Cabin Bluff with detail of bluff by Chris Fastie

A repeat of http://gigapan.org/gigapans/53282/ with 18 close-focused photos replacing the original blurry ones and revealing the steppe vegetation.

Cabin Bluff, along the Tanana River near Big Delta, Alaska, is one of many south-facing steep slopes which support an unusual steppe community dominated by sagebrush and grasses. The absence of trees is assumed to be a result of severe droughty conditions. This community is considered to be an analog for the widespread Pleistocene vegetation which supported large herbivores such as woolly mammoths.

I deselected vignetting reduction. The addition of the focused photos triggered the inconsistent exposure warning. Larger blending region option was selected.

GigaPan Stitch version 1.1.0963 (Windows)
Panorama size: 1662 megapixels (116212 x 14304 pixels)
Input images: 670 (67 columns by 10 rows)
Field of view: 270.7 degrees wide by 33.3 degrees high (top=10.7, bottom=-22.6)
Settings:
Use larger blending region
Original image properties:
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: NIKON D40
Image size: 3008x2000 (6.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2010-06-28 15:35:31 - 2010-06-28 16:30:22
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 0.0015625 - 0.004
ISO: 200
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 285.0 mm - 300.0 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 38.0 to 46.9 percent
Vertical overlap: 27.8 to 40.9 percent
Computer stats: 3535.83 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 57:25 (5.1 seconds per picture)
Alignment: 33:14, Projection: 3:55, Blending: 20:16
(Preview finished in 40:48)