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Photo of the Week: Aerial Panorama of Manhattan


January 15, 2013 By

In the Epson International Photographic Pano Awards, Russian photographer Sergey Semonov submitted the above image (click here to enlarge) -- and took first place in the amateur category, The Atlantic Cities reported.

As part of a small team called AirPano, Semonov travels around the world creating 360-degree, 3-D aerial panoramas just like this one -- of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Taj Mahal, Dubai City and the Swiss Alps, to name a few. 

 

Most often, the team shoots from helicopters and then stitches the images together. Below is another view of New York City, this time by setting a tripod out of a window:

 

 


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G-Man    |    Commented January 16, 2013

This might be the coolest thing I've ever seen.


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