Category: Guest Contribution

Andrew Bodrov: Stitching the Red Planet – Panoramic Views from Mars Rovers

Andrew Bodrov is a master of panoramic photography based in Tallinn, Estonia. With over two decades of experience and a passion for pushing creative boundaries, Andrew has brought the surface of Mars closer to us through his stunning gigapanoramas, crafted using images captured by NASA's Perseverance Curiosity Rover. Below, Andrew shares the story of how … Continue reading Andrew Bodrov: Stitching the Red Planet – Panoramic Views from Mars Rovers →

Larch Quest Panoramas for 360cities Blog by Bill Edwards

The Golden Staircase We all love the enticing colors of fall, the falling leaves, the softer light of the shorter, chillier days. The quest to experience that changing season seems a cultural universal in every place that hosts the trees and shrubs that reveal their October brilliance. But it is not the same everywhere. Here … Continue reading Larch Quest Panoramas for 360cities Blog by Bill Edwards →

A Handcrafted Work: Aerial Panoramas of Oviedo Cathedral, Spain.

José Ignacio Terán has been a 360Cities contributor since 2009. As a result of his exceptional work and content quality, he holds the Maestro badge, an honor reserved for only a few. Over the past year, José Ignacio has been working on a 360º project of Oviedo Cathedral in Spain. You can enjoy all the panoramas published on 360Cities in this set: San Salvador Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain.

Selected Intimate Landscapes of Newcastle Area Trails

Photography and text by Bill Edwards Intimate Landscapes My more distant photo trips into the expansive mountains of Washington’s Cascades provide ample opportunity to capture rugged alpine landscapes with dramatic views, while the local woodland trails are all about the little views. I affectionately call them “Intimate Landscapes.”  Between the rains, I hike the lonely … Continue reading Selected Intimate Landscapes of Newcastle Area Trails →

Fires Around West Coast Of The United States

360Cities Maestro contributor, William I,  had direct experience of the recent destructive wildfires in southern Oregon. Volunteering to help during the fires and in the immediate aftermath put him in position to create some striking images of the disaster. Text and Panoramas by William I. The West Coast of the United States has always had a reputation … Continue reading Fires Around West Coast Of The United States →

How do you capture the Milky Way and airglow in a panorama? by John Wood

"Loud crashing waves and the immense loneliness of the place after midnight were dramatic." Milky Way And Air Glow Over Schoodic Point, USA, by John Wood First pick a place noted for dark skies - the Maine coast in the Northeastern United States in this case. Schoodic Point is in a national park with public … Continue reading How do you capture the Milky Way and airglow in a panorama? by John Wood →

Stereo Panoramas by Javier Baranano

It is our pleasure to introduce Javier Baranano, a 360Cities contributor who is a specialist in stereo photography. Javier publishes his stereoscopic panoramas to 360Cities . We recently interviewed Javier to learn more about his work in stereo photography and his vision for the future. Javier has a degree in optics, is a photographer and stereography … Continue reading Stereo Panoramas by Javier Baranano →

A Stereoscopic Evangelist: An Interview With Thomas K Sharpless

Thomas K Sharpless is well known in the panoramic world as one of the true pioneers of panoramic and VR photography. Thomas has an extensive background in computer programming and he has contributed  a number of techniques and ideas to the panoramic photography community, most notably the “Panini” projection. Thomas has been a stereoscopic panoramas … Continue reading A Stereoscopic Evangelist: An Interview With Thomas K Sharpless →

55th anniversary of the Launch of the First Human into Orbit

On April 12, 1961, at 09:07 Moscow time, a rocket with the Vostok spacecraft-satellite flown by pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was launched from the Cosmodrome near the Baikonur station.   The Vostok 1 spacecraft-satellite descent vehicle has been kept in the Museum hall of NPO Energia ever since, which is named after Academician S.P. Korolev. … Continue reading 55th anniversary of the Launch of the First Human into Orbit →