August 24, 2010
360 Degrees Of Mt. St Helens

Two summit views (2003 and 2006), a base view, and a comparison of the summit views, all here.

Don't be surprised if your browser goes into full-screen mode; that's what it is supposed to do with these pictures.

Cross posted at Jim Miller on Politics.

Posted by Jim Miller at August 24, 2010 04:31 PM | Email This
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1. Nice!

Posted by: Michele on August 24, 2010 07:35 PM
2. Those are awesome pictures. Thanks. My kids are really going to enjoy that. The 4 year old has really been into volcanoes lately!

Posted by: Lysander on August 24, 2010 08:34 PM
3. Now that is awesome!! TY

Posted by: Tim on August 25, 2010 09:23 AM
4. I like the rotation feature! I don't remember ever seeing that before.

Camron Barth

Posted by: Camron on August 25, 2010 12:46 PM
5. Jim - How does one create that type of 3D picture?

Posted by: Tim on August 25, 2010 03:20 PM
6. Tim - I'm not quite sure how that was done. Possibly, they did it by making a 360-degree panorama, and then used special display software (controlled by the "pan" command) to tie the two ends together. But that's just a guess.

(It isn't hard to make a panorama, even one that spans 360 degrees. Here are two simple examples from a visit to Crater Lake. I could have made those cover 360 degrees, just by taking more pictures, as I rotated the camera around on the tripod.)

Posted by: Jim Miller on August 25, 2010 03:52 PM
7. Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Saltherring on August 26, 2010 08:37 AM
8. Jim - Thanks! Photoshop is amazing to 'Photomerge'! My longest set is four pictures horizontal. It works but makes a long 'thin' result.

Posted by: Tim on August 26, 2010 08:55 AM
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