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John Toepppen's Snapshots

  1. cliffs, with a great view;

    cliffs, with a great view; by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Los Vaqueros, The San Joaquin Valley, and the Sierra by John Toepppen

    looking back at here;
    http://gigapan.com/gigapans/37590

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  2. Turkey Vulture

    Turkey Vulture by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Blue Oak Grove, Del Valle by John Toepppen

    These birds rarely ever have to flap a wing to stay aloft. They will investigate you, and have four foot windspans.

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  3. Profile

    Profile by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Lobota at Fenestra Winery by John Toepppen

    this oak does not flare upwards like a black oak

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  4. Fenstra

    Fenstra by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Tasting Room by John Toepppen

    has a few varieties of wine....

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  5. Mortors

    Mortors by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Ancient Native American Site by John Toepppen

    These holes are ground round by tools.

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  6. Surreal

    Surreal by John Toepppen from the GigaPan The Old Fremantle Power Station: Exterior View Looking North at 4:30am, Jan 8, 2012 by John Warkentin

    colors - it looks like it is out of video game. Very nice.

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  7. Shell and Char

    Shell and Char by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Pt Lobos nonconformity by ahochstaedter

    There are layers of abolone and other shells mixed with char in some locations like this. Early Chinese immigrants had a large abalone export operation here long ago, and there was whaling as well. But many of the sites seem well situated as seasonal or occasional camping sites of Native Americans. Bird also leave large deposits of shells, bones, and rich soils here.

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  8. Climbers

    Climbers by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Yosemite Valley from Taft Point, California by ahochstaedter

    on El Capitan

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  9. Ants

    Ants by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Yosemite Valley from Taft Point, California by ahochstaedter

    with their own bridge

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  10. Switchbacks

    Switchbacks by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Yosemite Valley from Taft Point, California by ahochstaedter

    these are always hard work up, and hard on knees going down. Proper footwear, sock, boots, moleskin, water, water, fruit,nuts, water, water....is required

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  11. Trail and People

    Trail and People by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Yosemite Valley from Taft Point, California by ahochstaedter

    People appear as a line of ants heading up the trails. This overlook drops down to a wet overlook of Lower Yosemite Falls and leads up to the top (in a long tall dry crack)

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  12. Colors

    Colors by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Soudan Banded Iron Formation by ahochstaedter

    and patterns in Nature....

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  13. Crater

    Crater by John Toepppen from the GigaPan The Sierra crest, Panum Dome, and Mono Lake, California by ahochstaedter

    within a very very large caldera.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono%E2%80%93Inyo_Craters
    http://www.monolake.org/about/geovolcanic
    This is North of the Long Valley Caldera;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Valley_Caldera

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  14. Suggested ZDP

    Suggested ZDP by John Toepppen from the GigaPan holiday on ice (Feb-2012) 3D by orbilia23

    If the red and cyan image of the boy and the tree were laid on top of each other, they would appear to be located on the surface of the display. If this point were used for the ZDP, the overall anaglyph ghosting would be less. The people and objects in front of this boy would appear to be in front of the monitor, and all else behind.
    Anaglyph images have much more ghosting than 3DHDTVs. Where the "stereo window" is located in panoramas can not be adjusted while viewing in real time on the GigaPan site at this time.

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  15. Black Hole

    Black Hole by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Verdon, les Balcons de la Mescla by orbilia23

    A possible doorway into a place which reveals another time.

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  16. ZDP

    ZDP by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Cairns (2006) Downtown by orbilia23

    Zero Deviation Point Both images overlap at this near field point. If this were pushed back about twenty five feet into the image the anaglyph ghosting would be reduced.

    This is an excellent panorama and I love to see it. Your teaching others is the only way for us to propagte wide use this medium. Thanks for posting.

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  17. Location?

    Location? by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Morels in Luxembourg by orbilia23

    Please just send the coordinates to my personal e-mail
    JT

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  18. Temptation

    Temptation by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Morels in Luxembourg by orbilia23

    What a treasure trove! I presume that you cut off the ones that you harvest in hopes of returning after the next rain?

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  19. Pools

    Pools by John Toepppen from the GigaPan El Yelmo - La Pedriza - Manzanares el Real - Madrid - España by Claudio Heidel

    Holes like this seem to be created by freeze/thaw and/or erosion caused by bird droppings or other scat. Lightning also hammers high points, fusing sand in the holes, and thermally shocking the rocks. People don't write much about this in things that I read. Mostly, a person wonders why objects have the features that they have. Sometimes reading such clues reveals hidden things in obvious places.

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  20. Grinding Holes

    Grinding Holes by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Ancient Native American Site by John Toepppen

    for making acorn meal.

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  21. RIGHT SIDE

    RIGHT SIDE by John Toepppen from the GigaPan fire engines by Jason Buchheim

    I am guessing thet the left camera is pivioting around its iris and the right one has the "side car" view. The slight change in perspective makes for bad splices. More images with a lesser roation between the images reduces this problem. Near objects have this issue, and deselecting near control points can reduce the issue, but at great effort.
    Sometimes I mount the two cameras with the piviot point in between and have no issues or see issues in both pans.

    Nicely done overall. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Oaks and Lupines

    Oaks and Lupines by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Spring on Morgan Territory Road by John Toepppen

    These are some of the best colors of the season.

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  23. Hundreds of New Oaks

    Hundreds of New Oaks by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Sunol Regional Wilderness Trailhead by John Toepppen

    now grow along the trails where we threw and planted acorns decades ago. We continue to move native seeds to new locations along our trails.

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  24. Sierra Crest

    Sierra Crest by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Los Vaqueros, The San Joaquin Valley, and the Sierra by John Toepppen

    By South Lake Tahoe

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  25. Windfarm

    Windfarm by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Key's Point by John Toepppen

    This is the next best thing to free power. It is almost always windy here and some of the windmill have been in place for twenty five years. The new generation of wind turbines is much larger than the old ones.

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  26. Valley Oak

    Valley Oak by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Cattle and Clouds by John Toepppen

    The lobed oak leave makes it Lobota. The shape is easily recognized from this distance;
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_lobata

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  27. Domes

    Domes by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Yosemite Stereo 3D 1/2 Width SBS - Buena Vista by John Toepppen

    and high granite

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  28. Livermore

    Livermore by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Lake Del Valle by John Toepppen

    Downtown

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  29. 1880s Water Tank

    1880s Water Tank by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Thomas Coyne Vinyard in the Rain by John Toepppen

    There might have been a windmill

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  30. Lightning Strikes

    Lightning Strikes by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Buena Vista Color Anaglyph Stereoscopic 3D by John Toepppen

    The crazed surfaces are probably due to thermal shock. These surfaces only appear on extended outcrops and these is evidence of fused sand and char. Since the granite is conductive and yet resistive, all is grounded and current limited. This has taken the lives of a friend's friends. Rocks that look like Thor's anvil are one of the few warnings that you get before a hair raising experience. Afternoon storms are common and energetic up here.

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  31. Granite Domes RIGHT

    Granite Domes RIGHT by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Buena Vista Yosemite's High Granite Stereoscopic 3D Side by Side Crossed View by John Toepppen

    for crossed viewing

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  32. Granite Domes LEFT

    Granite Domes LEFT by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Buena Vista Yosemite's High Granite Stereoscopic 3D Side by Side Crossed View by John Toepppen

    for crossed viewing

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  33. John LEFT view

    John LEFT view by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Buena Vista Yosemite's High Granite Stereoscopic 3D Side by Side Crossed View by John Toepppen

    for crossed viewing

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  34. John RIGHT image

    John RIGHT image by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Buena Vista Yosemite's High Granite Stereoscopic 3D Side by Side Crossed View by John Toepppen

    for crossed viewing

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  35. Only

    Only by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Coso Volcanic Field & the Southern Sierra Nevada by Ron Schott

    two hundred miles up to Mono lake
    395 is the geology tour

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  36. Fortified

    Fortified by John Toepppen from the GigaPan by Darius Smalskys

    ages have come and gone, but the rocks remain

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  37. Room with a View

    Room with a View by John Toepppen from the GigaPan by Darius Smalskys

    quite a view

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  38. bridges

    bridges by John Toepppen from the GigaPan San Francisco by nathantw

    Golden Gate and Oakland Bay Bridge

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  39. reflection

    reflection by John Toepppen from the GigaPan San Francisco Cliff House area by nathantw

    in the changing surf

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  40. Hard Way Up

    Hard Way Up by John Toepppen from the GigaPan Polishöhe by Heinz Beutler

    There does not seem to be an easy way up

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