1. Skip to navigation
  2. Skip to content
  3. Skip to sidebar

Inside the vault - Kew Garden's Millennium Seed Bank by New Scientist

Explore More:

View Snapshots

Want to add this GigaPan to your favorites? Log In or Sign Up now.

Log In now to add this GigaPan to a group gallery.

About This GigaPan

Toggle
Taken by
New Scientist New Scientist
Explore score
11
Size
0.73 Gigapixels
Views
3555
Date added
October 14, 2009
Date taken
October 12, 2010
Categories
 
Galleries
Competitions
Tags
Description

Inside a cold storage bunker at Kew Garden's Millennium Seed Bank in Ardingly, West Sussex, UK
sn.im/sidzb Will open in a new tab or window
The bank contains seeds from 10% of the Earth's wild plant species, providing an insurance policy for the planet's plant life. The next goal is to collect 25% of the world's plant species by 2020.

Due the high value of the seeds and security at the bunker, we can't identify the species in this image. Please do enjoy exploring their shapes and colours, though!

GigaPan Comments (2)

Toggle Minimize gigapan_comment
  1. Richard Palmer

    Richard Palmer (October 14, 2009, 08:25AM )

    Great remake. Are you sure this isn't the spice rack at some Indian Restaurant in London? ;^)

  2. Illah Nourbakhsh

    Illah Nourbakhsh (October 14, 2009, 04:36AM )

    Outstanding- well done!

The GigaPan EPIC Series, Purchase an GigaPan EPIC model and receive GigaPan Stitch complimentary

Where in the World is this GigaPan?

ToggleMinimize

Stitcher Notes

ToggleMinimize

GigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.3865 (Macintosh)
Panorama size: 733 megapixels (30039 x 24403 pixels)
Input images: 143 (11 columns by 13 rows)
Field of view: 52.7 degrees wide by 42.8 degrees high (top=17.9, bottom=-24.9)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Image size: 3456x2592 (9.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2010-10-12 21:58:22 - 2010-10-12 22:12:23
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure time: 0.3
ISO: 400
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 357.6 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 23.6 to 30.1 percent
Vertical overlap: 28.4 to 31.0 percent
Computer stats: 2048 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 1:42:54 (0:43 per picture)
Alignment: 7:48, Projection: 10:36, Blending: 1:24:29