Wow, Panoramas.dk is one of the greatest sites I’ve ever come across. It features a number of three dimensional panoramas which allow you to virtually look around a given space. This is a technology that can only flourish on the Web since you cannot move around inside a static photograph.
There are virtual reality panoramas of the Eiffel Tower, Carnival in Rio, a Camel Carts in Bikaner India, a human Zoo, an ariel view of Sydney Australia and even the Apollo Moon Landings.
The site can be a little difficult to navigate so I compiled the following list of several I enjoyed.
By the way, keep in mind that when you visit the panoramas in order to interact with them you click on the image, hold the mouse button down, and drag it in the direction you want it to go. You can also use the CTRL button on the keyboard to zoom out, and the SHIFT to zoom in (sorry I don’t know which buttons on a Mac. Feel free to drop a comment and let us know.)
- The Amazing World Trade Center Tribute in Light
- Moscow Red Square at Night
- The Arc de Triomphe
- A view from Mount St. Helens
- The ruins of Machu Picchu
- St. Petersburg Ice Palace
- Saint Peters Cathedral
- Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
- New Year Concert in Vienna – Musikverein Wien
- The Ball at Times Square
- The Apollo Moon Landings
- Monte San Salvatore
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Virginia Tech Victims Ceremony
- The view from Mt. Everest
- Colorado Waterfal Canyon
- View of Monte Carlo
- View from the top of Matterhorn, and another.
- Krizna Jama Carst Cave in Slovenia
- Copenhagen Town Hall Square
- Manchester Cathedral
- A Church in Aradhippou Cyprus
- Monte Tamaro Switzerland
- Monte Perdido Spain
- Yokohama Japan at Night
- 2005 Times Square New Years
- Ice Palace at the Winter Carnival in Saint Paul Minnesota
- The Statue of Liberty in Paris
- Golden Gate from Lands End San Francisco
- Pyramids at Giza Egypt
- Crutas de Cristal Cave Molinos Spain
- Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
- Patrouille des Glaciers 2006
- Ricky Brown “No Clue” Fastest Rapper in the World
- A funeral on Bali
- Rock Climbing EL Delfino
- Biking in Spain
- Château de Chenonceau
- May 25 Fleet Week New York and another
- Eyes Wide Open – a US action for Peace
- Niagara Falls
Believe it or not, that ain’t all of them! You can look through even more if you search the archives.
They’re quite amazing!
Love that clutter! I love homes that look “lived in†like that.
Peter – I totally missed that one, but I’d say that “clutter” is an understatement! :-) There is certainly a LOT to look at in that one.
ROR Guy – Yes, that canyon is beautiful. I wish I knew exactly where it was. With some of these I wish people would post the exact coordinates so that we could find it in Google Earth and eventually visit them ourselves.
I recently bought a small GPS device so that I could start gecoding some of my images and things so that when I post them I can let people know exactly where to go see what I was looking at. I’ve taken some photos in Washington DC that I’ll try to post in the next few days using this technique and we’ll see how that turns out…
John
Colorado Waterfal Canyon is amazing, I wish i can see it one day :).
p.s: i have been in Château de Chenonceau :)
They’re quite amazing! The one from the top of the Coathanger (Sydney Harbour Bridge) was excellent.
Yet, of all the ones I looked at, it was a simple panorama of a guy sitting in his house that impressed me the most.
Check it out!
Love that clutter! I love homes that look “lived in” like that.
indeed, very nice, of course it’s always better to see them in real life though :)
this is such a cool post :) thanks