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La Princesse the Giant Spider | 23 Pics

6. February 2009

Today’s entry is a collection shared by photographer Peter Carr, from an event in Liverpool, England last year. Said Peter: “As part of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre, on the scale of their earlier work, the Sultan’s Elephant. Many were [...]

The 1474 Megapixel Image | Gigapan Imager

3. February 2009

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David Bergman made this panoramic image showing the nearly two million people who watched President Obama’s inaugural address by using a Gigapan Imager, a robotic camera mount. The Gigapan allows a person to take multiple images and stitch them together resulting in a massive image file. The final photo is made up of 220 Canon [...]

London from Above | An Intoxicating Photoset from Boston | 24 Pics

28. January 2009

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Jason shot these images with a camera attached to gyro-stabilized mounts from a Eurocopter AS355, hired out at around £1150 (GBP) per hour, using Nikon gear and either a 14-24mm or a 70-200mm lens. Even with that, the low light and heavy vibrations can make things difficult, Jason says “I often shoot tethered to my [...]

Barack Obama Inauguration Viewed From Space | GeoEye-1 Satellite Image

20. January 2009

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GeoEye-1, the satellite that will supply Google with high-resolution imagery of the Earth, took a high-resolution photograph of the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The satellite is expected to start producing data for Google in coming weeks, but in the meantime, this shot shows a bit more tantalizing detail about what will show in Google [...]

Preparation for the Inauguration Ceremony for the 44th President of the United States of America

19. January 2009

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Preparations for the inauguration ceremony tomorrow for the 44th President of the United States of America have been taking place for months now. Security, transportation, logistics, sanitation, everything you can think of to accomodate the predicted millions of attendees descending on Washington, D.C. President-elect Obama arrived in Washington by train, starting in Pennsylvania, passing through [...]

Smiles Worth a Million | International Version | 22 Pics

17. January 2009

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In our search to provide you all with more “Smiles Worth a Million” images, we stumbled upon this “International version“. Enjoy! VN:F [1.3.0_631]please wait...Rating: 5.0/5 (2 votes cast)