The Bottom of The World

A 360 degree panorama from Badwash Basin, Death Valley.  The lowest point in North America - 282 feet below sea level.  This picture was taken by setting up a perfectly level tripod and taking a series of photos with about 1/3 overlap.  The pictures are then stitched together to form a panorama.  Next you need to carefully crop so that each end perfectly matches - including the horizon.  Then the polar filter is used to make the little planet.

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Lunch at 9000 Feet

What do you do when you reach the end of the road? Stop for lunch, of course! Still a lot of snow in the mountains of Colorado so we went up to see how far the road went.  Just above 9,000 feet we came to a huge snow drift across the road.  "No problem, we have 4 wheel drive" the kid in me bragged, "Four people found frozen to death stuck in the mountains" the old guy in me warned.  The old guy won! Anyway it was a pretty spot to stop for a picnic.  I made a series of…

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