Jeff Cremer's Snapshots

Ready to fall by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Ticlio, Peru - Anticona and Glaciar San Andres by Jeff Cremer

Ready to fall

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Gas Prices per gallon by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Puerto Maldonado Peru by Jeff Cremer

Gas prices in peruvian soles per gallon

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Madre de Dios River by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Puerto Maldonado Peru by Jeff Cremer

The Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River. The Madeira is a tributary to the Amazon River.

The Madre de Dios is an important waterway for the department of Madre de Dios, particularly Puerto Maldonado, the largest town in the area, and the capital of the department. Mango farming and Gold mining are among the many industries on its beaches. Other important industries the Madre de Dios provides are selective logging and farming, both of which are serious environmental problems.

Along the length of the river there are several national parks and reserves, notably Tambopata-Candamo National Park, Manu National Park (also known as Manu Biosphere Reserve) and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park.

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President Guillermo Billinghurst Bridge by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Puerto Maldonado Peru by Jeff Cremer

President Guillermo Billinghurst Bridge - This is the last part of the Interoceanic highway. It is almost complete.

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Little Kitty Cat by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores, Lima, Peru - 4.16GB by Jeff Cremer

Hello Kitty Cat!

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Two by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Peruvian Nuevo Sol by Jeff Cremer

The glyph we use today in the Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Brahmin Indians, who wrote 2 as two horizontal lines (it is still written that way in modern Chinese and Japanese). The Gupta rotated the two lines 45 degrees, making them diagonal, and sometimes also made the top line shorter and made its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line. Apparently for speed, the Nagari started making the top line more like a curve and connecting to the bottom line. The Ghubar Arabs made the bottom line completely vertical, and now the glyph looked like a dotless closing question mark. Restoring the bottom line to its original horizontal position, but keeping the top line as a curve that connects to the bottom line leads to our modern glyph.

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Butterfly Scales by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Blue Morpho Menelaus Butterfly Wing by Jeff Cremer

Butterfly Scales

When light hits the different layers of a butterfly wing, it is reflected numerous times. The combination of all these reflections causes the intense colors of many species.

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Butterfly Scales by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Owl Butterfly Wing ( Papilio eurilochus ) by Jeff Cremer

Butterflies are characterized by their scale-covered wings. The coloration of butterfly wings is created by minute scales. These scales are pigmented with melanins that give them blacks and browns, but blues, greens, reds and iridescence are usually created not by pigments but the microstructure of the scales. This structural coloration is the result of coherent scattering of light by the photonic crystal nature of the scales. The scales cling somewhat loosely to the wing and come off easily without harming the butterfly.

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JW Marriott by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

JW Marriott

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LoJack by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan La Chutana Panorama - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

LoJack

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Bus by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores - Lima Peru by Jeff Cremer

Bus

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Nippon 6 by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Autodromo La Chutana - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Nippon 6

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Looking Down by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores from my apartment again by Jeff Cremer

Looking Down

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Nariz Aguilena - Eagle Nose by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan The Larco Museum - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Nariz Aguilena - Eagle Nose

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Hotel Marriot by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores, Lima, Peru - 4.16GB by Jeff Cremer

Hotel Marriot

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My Apartment Building by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Miraflores, Lima, Peru - 4.16GB by Jeff Cremer

My Apartment Building

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Macaw by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Worlds Largest Macaw Clay Lick by Jeff Cremer

Macaw

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Macaw by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Worlds Largest Macaw Clay Lick by Jeff Cremer

Macaw

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Macaws by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Worlds Largest Macaw Clay Lick by Jeff Cremer

Macaws

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Macaw by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Worlds Largest Macaw Clay Lick by Jeff Cremer

Macaw

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Apartments by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

Apartments

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People admiring the beautiful city by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

People admiring the beautiful city

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Rail Transport - Ferrocarril Centro Andino by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

Lima is connected to the Central Andean region by the Ferrocarril Central Andino which runs from Lima through the departments of Junin, Huancavelica, Pasco, and Huanuco.

Major cities along this line include Huancayo, La Oroya, Huancavelica, and Cerro de Pasco.

Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) is the consortium which operates the Ferrovías Central railway in Peru linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima with Huancayo and Cerro de Pasco.

As one of the Trans-Andean Railways it is the second highest in the world.

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Via de Evitamiento by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

Via de Evitamiento

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Rimac River by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

This is whats left of the Rimac river.

The Rimac is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.
The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 160 km. The river begins in the highlands of the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region and its mouth is located in Callao, near Jorge Chávez International Airport.

The name Rímac is from the Quechua word rimaq, meaning "talking",[1] leading to it being nicknamed El Río Hablador ("The Talking River").

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Combi by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

The touts who collect the fee for a ride in a combi (mini-van) are are polite, charming, and well-mannered. And they have their own cutesy dialect, typically yelled out the open side door of the combi while it is moving.

You can learn it while you enjoy this unforgettable experience. Some examples: "¿habla, vas?"; "¡al fondo hay sitio!"; "pie derecho"; "apéguese"; "hay asiento, hay asiento"; "baja, baja"; "dale, dale"; "pisa pisaaa!"; "subeeee"; "ya, éntrate ya"; "chama chamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"; "avanza pa' tras"; "golpe avisa"; "retrocede pa' delante" and "pasajeee a la mano, pasajeee a la mano." If you try to pay with a US dollar, you may hear: "SE CONCIENTE PE VARÓN" or "el medio está luca, pe' choche."

Cobradores make money by filling the combi. They make more money by over-filling it and by getting you to leave early. They do not make money by telling you truthfully where the combi is going, by making it stop where you want to get off, nor by keeping it stopped until you are all the way off.

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Mototaxi by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - San Juan de Lurigancho, Caja de Agua by Jeff Cremer

An auto rickshaw or three-wheeler (tuk-tuk, trishaw, auto, rickshaw, autorick, bajaj, rick, tricycle, mototaxi, or baby taxi in popular parlance) is a motor vehicle and a mode of transport for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw or velotaxi, a small three-wheeled cart operated by a single individual, and is a 3-wheeled cabin cycle

It is a common sight in the rural areas and many towns and cities of Peru to see Bajaj auto rickshaws, locally known as mototaxis or motocarros, lining up to pick up passengers as their fare is very low. They are also in the capital, Lima, but they are usually restricted to the poorer districts.

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The Young - Los Jovenes by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - San Juan de Lurigancho, Caja de Agua by Jeff Cremer

The Young - Los Jovenes

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Crowded by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Lima Cercado, Barrios Altos, Rimac, El Agustino from Cerro San Cristobal by Jeff Cremer

Crowd - Noun /kroud/

1. A large number of people gathered together, typically in a disorganized or unruly way

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Building a house by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Building house

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Fixing Something by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores, Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Fixing Something

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Arriving at home by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Arriving at home

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Keiko by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori is running for president.

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What are they doing? by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

What are they doing?

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Luis Castaneda - Mayor of Lima by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Luis Casteneda - Mayor of Lima

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Bored by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan San Juan de Miraflores - Lima, Peru by Jeff Cremer

Bored

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Nice by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Huacachina - A Desert Oasis Near Ica Peru by Jeff Cremer

Nice

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Watching TV? by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Lima, Peru - Interbank Building by Jeff Cremer

Watching TV?

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Dune buggy by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Huacachina - A Desert Oasis Near Ica Peru by Jeff Cremer

Dune buggy

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Enjoying Peruvian Desert Sunset by Jeff Cremer from the GigaPan Huacachina - A Desert Oasis Near Ica Peru by Jeff Cremer

Enjoying A Peruvian Desert Sunset

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