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"Rocks of Virginia" garden at the DGMR by Callan Bentley

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April 15, 2011
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April 13, 2011
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The Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Geology and Mineral Resources has their offices in Charlottesville, Virginia. Outside their building is an exceptional collection of large rock samples from across the state. Samples include igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks from all five physiographic provinces, and spanning more than a billion years of geologic time. This gigapan was shot on April 14, 2011, during the lunch break of the DGMR's annual "Geology of Virginia" symposium. A full guide to the rocks in the garden is published online by the DGMR at:
www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VM Will open in a new tab or window 48_2_3.pdf
The map of the garden in that document shows that this gigapan was shot from the sidewalk between the two samples of #31, the Leesburg Conglomerate and #35, the Antietam Formation quartzite, with its characteristic linear Skolithos trace fossils.
A blog post describing some of the rocks is online at:
www.nvcc.edu/home/cbentley/geoblog/2008/12/rock-garden.html Will open in a new tab or window

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  1. Mike Plautz

    Mike Plautz (April 17, 2011, 09:52AM )

    Well done, Callan. A great gigapan for education

  2. Chris Fastie

    Chris Fastie (April 16, 2011, 08:25AM )

    Nice. A very successful use of autofocus in a well-crafted gigapan.

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GigaPan Stitch version 1.1.1241 (Windows)
Panorama size: 3524 megapixels (107880 x 32668 pixels)
Input images: 900 (45 columns by 20 rows)
Field of view: 162.0 degrees wide by 49.1 degrees high (top=-6.5, bottom=-55.5)
Settings:
Vignette correction on: c1=0.00491 c2=-0.037
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
Image size: 3648x2736 (10.0 megapixels)
Capture time: 2011-04-14 00:20:46 - 2011-04-14 01:47:38
Aperture: f/4.3
Exposure time: 0.000625
ISO: 100
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 361.4 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Horizontal overlap: 25.2 to 63.0 percent
Vertical overlap: 23.3 to 61.9 percent
Computer stats: 8175.03 MB RAM, 4 CPUs
Total time 2:24:17 (9.6 seconds per picture)
Alignment: 1:32:20, Projection: 17:01, Blending: 34:55
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