GigaPans

Quartz sand from the passive continental margin of the east coast of the U.S.

The petri dish is 9 cm in diameter.

Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here:
http://gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system/

Olivine-rich sand from Pakalakoa Beach near South Point on the big island of Hawai'i. More information on this sand can be found here:

http://www.nvcc.edu/home/cbentley/geoblog/2008/12/green-sands-beach-hawaii.html

The petri dish is 9 cm in diameter.

Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here:
http://gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system/

Featuring actinolite, augite, almandine, epidote, quartz, orthoclase, and magnetite.

The petri dish is 9 cm in diameter.

Sample provided by Siim Sepp of sandatlas.org.

Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here:
http://gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system/

View from the pier facing north this time. A warm sunny day clearly! Hand-held reverse-S-shaped sweep starting top left going along the horizon, with 1 second continuous shutter. It took about 2 minutes (104 source images). The bizarre overlaps are what Hugin did automatically.

Assembled in Hugin 0.7.0 (while waiting for a Mac build of 0.8.0, please hurry ;)

This should keep you busy. Enjoy!

While I was setting up this shot, there was a moose wading in the lake. Unfortunately he moved out of the picture before I had the camera set up.

Featuring lots and lots of quartz, shell fragments, and minerals we've yet to identify.

Shot against a background that is half black and half white (like a black and white cookie).

Thanks to Benji Suarez, who collected and donated this sample.

Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-Atlantic Geo-Imagery Collection) using Northern Virginia Community College's gigamacro rig, as seen here:
http://gigamacro.com/gigapixel-macro-imaging-system/

When i take this picture i'm thinking to do a super pano from the region of the Ponta Negra beach in Natal city / Brazil, my inicial intention was just a big print in a gigant banner whith high quality, and that was done. But now whith this new site everybody can see the panorama in the full original quality.

thanks GIGAPAN.

QUANDO BATI ESTA FOTO ESTAVA PENSANDO DE FAZER UM SUPER PANORAMA DA REGIÃO DA PRAIA DE PONTA NEGRA NA CIDADE DE NATAL, A INTENÇÃO INICIAL SERIA APENAS IMPRES...

Honokalani Black Sand Beach is located in the Wainapanapa State Park. This large beach is set among lava cliffs and the sand is actually small, smooth, lava pebbles. A small sea arch, sea caves, and seaside lava tubes are located in the beach area. King's Highway, an ancient Hawaiian footpath, leads from the beach area along the coastline for 3 miles to the town of Hana. Photo by Bruce Ely

For a 360VR view see http://www.3dpan.org/42849

For more Gigapans of Sandy Hook see http://gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/?q=brianlr+sandy+hook