Alkaline slough, near 70 Mile House, BC by Dave Belcher

Panasonic Lumix FZ 50

Dotted thoughout the dry interior Cariboo plateau, many shallow lakes and sloughs look like this. The rocks and boulders around here are volcanic and many are coated with bright orange-red lichens.

Here's the link to the same pic in Panoramio: www.panoramio.com/photo/25121209 
This is a half size image that I could upload with my dial-up

Full specs:
Stitching notes:

GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3865 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 322 megapixels (47229 x 6835 pixels)
Input images: 125 (25 columns by 5 rows)
Field of view: 195.1 degrees wide by 28.2 degrees high (top=10.5, bottom=-17.7)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Panasonic
Camera model: DMC-FZ50
Image size: 3648x2736 (10.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2009-07-03 15:10:59 - 2009-07-03 15:17:30
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: 0.002
ISO: 100
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 133.0 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Automatic
Horizontal overlap: 49.3 to 51.8 percent
Vertical overlap: 60.5 to 66.8 percent
Computer stats: 2048 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 5:33:47 (2:40 per picture)
Alignment: 8:33, Projection: 19:09, Blending: 5:06:04