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About This GigaPan
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- 1
- Size
- 0.46 Gigapixels
- Views
- 151
- Date added
- January 19, 2012
- Date taken
- August 08, 2011
- Categories
- Galleries
- Genoa Fault, Nevada, Faults: A GigaPan Gallery for Teaching Geology
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- Tags
- Sierra Nevada, geology, faults, nevada
- Description
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This is the range-front fault on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Genoa, Nevada. The smooth grey granite face is the fault plane. In the distance down-dropped alluvial material is visible faulted right up against the fault plane. The Sierra Nevada (left side) is moving up relative the Carson Valley (right side) along this normal fault. Close up views reveal rough slickensides on the granite, as well as grain-scale deformation within the granite.
To the right (east) marshy areas can be seen on the floor of the Carson Valley, where the Carson River flows very close to this side of the valley. It seems that the floor of the Carson Valley is tilted towards the Sierra Nevada in this area.
To the right of the parking area with the green truck is a fenced area with a shack in the middle. This is a pump station for a hydrothermal system for Douglas County. Just to the south of this location, how water reaches the surface at Wally's Hot Springs. Hot groundwater flows to the surface along this fault.
A view oriented perpendicular to the Genoa Fault is here: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/97145
A closeup of the alluvium faulted against the granite is here: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/97144
Grain-sized closeups of the granite within the fault zone are here:
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www.gigapan.org/gigapans/97260
Stitcher Notes
ToggleMinimizeGigaPan Stitch version 1.0.0805 (Windows)
Panorama size: 457 megapixels (40404 x 11324 pixels)
Input images: 90 (15 columns by 6 rows)
Field of view: 174.6 degrees wide by 48.9 degrees high (top=29.7, bottom=-19.3)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: PENTAX
Camera model: PENTAX K-r
Image size: 4288x2848 (12.2 megapixels)
Capture time: 2011-08-08 09:12:40 - 2011-08-08 09:19:44
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 0.001
ISO: 200
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 105.0 mm
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 38.8 to 45.5 percent
Vertical overlap: 39.8 to 41.8 percent
Computer stats: 8098.69 MB RAM, 8 CPUs
Total time 8:54 (5.9 seconds per picture)
Alignment: 2:07, Projection: 2:22, Blending: 4:25
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