Tim Zukas's Snapshots

Boys HS? by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

Is that red-brick tower with the green-pyramid top still Boys HS? It's 40.6849N 73.9473W, azimuth 139.8 deg.

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Ravenswood stacks by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

Of the three taller Ravenswood stacks the left one is closest to the camera; it's 40.7588N 73.9461W, azimuth 27.7 deg. Just right of center the NW tower of the Triboro Bridge is visible thru the girders.

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Monument etc by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

Just left of the twin stacks, the Martyrs' Monument 40.6918N 73.9755W is azimuth 174.7 degrees; the radio tower at center 40.68942N 73.97657W is azi 177.2 deg. The Williamsburg Bank tower 40.68550N 73.97774W is 179.5 deg; the tan churchspire beyond in azi 178.1 deg is at 40.6734N 73.9764W.

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Triborough by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

At center, the SE tower of the Triboro Bridge 40.7780N 73.9255W is azimuth 31.4 degrees; the pinkish arch of the Hell Gate Bridge is beyond it.

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Kings Co Hospital by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

The spike at center (40.656581N 73.944894W) is 6819 m away in azimuth 155.7 deg.

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Sharp pic by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Brooklyn as seem from Grand Street in Manhattan by Sor Dav

Not many panos have this resolution. Center of the bank dome is 1349 m away in azimuth 101.03 degrees; the left churchspire is azi 101.91 deg and the right is 102.03-- so 1.00 degree from the dome to the right steeple.

(Right edge of the hospital, beyond the B in "HSBC", is about 40.703925N 73.91799W, so 5167 m away in azi 100.67 deg.)

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Six bldgs by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan North Washington DC - From 500 feet by Pinkerton Matthew

The office box at left (38.9752N 77.0140W) is 9.7 km away in azim 10.95 deg; the brown aptm at right (38.9746N 77.0102W) is azim 12.9 deg. The three-bldg aptm complex beyond (39.040N 76.993W) is 17 km away.

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Sugar Loaf by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan North Washington DC - From 500 feet by Pinkerton Matthew

Left of the cathedral, beyond the Naval Observatory, Sugar Loaf Mtn (39.262N 77.393W) is 52 km away in azimuth 323.3 deg.

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Another tank by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

Google maps says the tank at left is 41.33751N 73.74291W, while NGS lists a tank at 41.337304N 73.742866W-- a bigger discrepancy than usual. Azimuth is 82.7 deg 21.5 km away. The house at lower right, in line with the cell towers just south of the 85-deg tank, is at 41.3199N 73.88045W.

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New mansion by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The new mansion at upper left (41.351N 73.9445W) is azimuth 46.5 deg; the cell tower at lower right (41.3343N 73.9611W) is azi 52.5 deg, 4 km away.

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House in CT by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

Google Maps says the larger tank at right is 41.32233N 73.84557W, which makes its azimuth 85.34 deg; the distant house left of center is 41.3428N 73.5349W, 39 km away in azi 85.0 deg, a kilometer past the state line.

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Elk Grove by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Big Valley by John Toeppen

At center are probably the two tanks at 38.3815N 121.357W, between Hwy 99 and the SP south of Elk Grove.

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three tanks by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The twin tanks at left are 41.10156N 73.77093W and 41.10158N 73.77144W, so they're 30 km away in azimuth 141 deg. NGS says the four-leg tank at right is 41.14725N 73.83980W, so it's 22.7 km in azi 144.2 deg.

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School? in CT by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

Google Maps says the right tower in the center foreground is 41.30587N 73.80109W, which makes it azimuth 92.71 deg. The west side of the school? beyond extends from 41.29576N 73.53725W to 41.29513N 73.53700W, so azi 92.7 to 92.8 deg, 38.6 km away.

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Ossining etc by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

NW corner of the big bldg at left is 41.1486N 73.8553W, so azimuth 146.8 deg; NGS says the white tank is 41.126088N 73.842228W so it's 24.5 km away in azim 147.8 deg. The tower at R is 41.0805N 73.8068W, 30.4 km azim 148.1, so that smudge just left of it might be the tank that NGS says is 41.06467N 73.79410W, 32.5 km azim 148.1.

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H-building by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The cupola at center (41.2896N 73.9028W) is 8.4 km away in azimuth 108 degrees; the house 2 km beyond it is 41.2838N 73.8801W.

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Two towers by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The red/white mast at left is 41.3383N 73.8941W, 9 km away in azimuth 72. 1 deg, so I guess the tower on the right has to be the one at 41.3686N 73.74395W, 22 km away in azi 73.7 deg.

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Seminary by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

Turns out there are four water? tanks at left; the south one is 41.3123N 73.8010W, 16.5 km away in azimuth 90.2 deg. The seminary tower at right is 41.310368N 73.837915W, says NGS, so it's 13.4 km in azi 91.2 deg.

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Peekskill by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

NGS says the white churchspire at center is 41.288914N 73.923752W, so it's 6.8 km away in azimuth 113.35 deg, about. They say the red brick tower at upper left is 41.284087N 73.904425W, which makes it 8.5 km away in azi 112.3 deg.

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Maryknoll by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The square tower at center (NGS says 41.176878N 73.834924W) is 20 km away in azimuth 137.9 degrees; the water tank 800 meters beyond it is at 41.17145N 73.82864W says NGS.

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tank by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Hudson River Fjord from Bear Mountain by Ron Schott

The water? tank at 41.1997N 73.8193W is 19.6 km away in azimuth 130.0 degrees.

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Two towers by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Livermore California by John Toeppen

Tall mast at left ((37.4879N 121.8675W) is 17 km away in azim 217 deg; the three-prong tower at right (37.4993N 121.8725W) is 16 km in azim 221 deg.

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Tower by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Livermore California by John Toeppen

At center, the tower at 37.6202N 121.9222W atop Sunol Ridge is 15 km away in azim 275.5 deg.

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Tamalpais by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Livermore California by John Toeppen

Lookout tower atop Mt Tamalpais is 81 km away in azim 296.5 deg.

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NE of Dublin by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Livermore California by John Toeppen

The white dish antenna at 37.7331N 121.8808W is 18 km away in azimuth 321 deg.

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Tower by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Livermore California by John Toeppen

Twin tower at center at 37.65945N 121.9331W is 17 km away in azimuth 290 deg.

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Evanston by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

At bottom, left of center, the apartment slab on the north side of Howard St (42.0196N 87.6751W) is 14 km away; directly beyond it, 54 km away in azimuth 342.2 deg, is the grain? elevator in Waukegan (42.3640N 87.8245W). Right of center the office box with black windowslits four-across on its south side is on Grove St; beyond the left end of it the aptm bldg at the shore with the six white boxes in a row on its roof is 42.0876N 87.6998W, 22 km away.

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339 deg by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

At left, the brick smokestack festooned with cell-phone antennas 42.0439N 87.6999W is 17 km away in azimuth 338.4 deg; right of it is the tan high school? at 42.0463N 87.7002W, then the more distant white water tank at 42.0894N 87.7223W, then the churchspire at 42.1085N 87.7311W. The white stack at right 42.1154N 87.7301W is 26 km away in azim 339.6 deg.

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"B" bldg by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

L to R: the white aptm? bldg with black-vertical-strip windows 41.9905N 87.6743W next to the CNW tracks is 11 km away in azim 337.3 deg. The churchtower 41.99762N 87.67689W is azi 337.8; the tan multi-opening square churchtower in the foreground 41.95863N 87.65507W is 7 km in azi 338.1. The "B" bldg 41.969N 87.659W is on the south side of Lawrence Ave; the small turquoise churchspire beyond (41.97767N 87.66262W) is azi 339.4 deg.

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Fort Sheridan by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

At left, the low fat water tank (42.0639N 87.7305W) is 20 km away in azimuth 334.1 degrees; at right, the tower of Fort Sheridan (42.21654N 87.81197W) is 38.6 km in azi 336.1 deg. The tank in azi 335.3 deg is next to the railroad at 42.2105N 87.8156W; slightly closer in azi 334.85 is a brick water tower (?) at 42.1853N 87.8038W. The foreground radio tower in azi 334.8 is 42.0341N 87.7083W; the water tank near it is 42.0297N 87.7050W, 16 km away.

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Golf Rd by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

At right, the Golf Mill white-cylinder bldg at 42.0494N 87.8374W is azim 313.3 deg; left of that the water tank with legs is at 42.0476N 87.83585W. Left of there a string of ~10-story bldgs along Golf Rd spans azimuth 312.2 to 313.0 deg; beyond the left end of them, out on the horizon is a water tank at 42.20745N 88.0816W, 51 km away.

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Golf Mall etc by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

The no-leg water tank in the upper left corner is at 42.1021N 87.9134W, 33 km away; just right of it and closer at 42.0494N 87.8374W is the white cylindrical bldg at Golf Mall. Right of that, in the foreground, the YMCA at 42.0133N 87.7842W spans azimuth 313.5 to 313.7, 18 km away. The spheroid-on-a-column water tank right of that is 42.0371N 87.8164W; the more distant tank at center is 42.0664N 87.8553W. The big office box (42.0749N 87.8646W) right of the tank spans 314.3 to 314.5 deg 28 km away; azimuth 314.7 deg is the 16?-story triangular bldg at 42.0684N 87.8534W, and another no-leg tank 42.1257N 87.9275W is azim 315.1 deg 36 km out.

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NW by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

The huge white warehouse at left is 42.016N 87.7735W; the odd three-bulb-in-a-row water tank (?) at center (42.0136N 87.7666W) is 17 km away in azim 317.0 deg. Right of it a four-leg tank is 42.01708N 87.76920W; beyond them a spheroid-on-a-column tank at 42.0424N 87.8020W is 22 km away. Further right a red/white microwave tower (42.0323N 87.7866W) is 20 km in azim 317.6 deg; the water tank beyond it is 38 km away at 42.1502N 87.9325W. Further right in azim 317.8 deg another spheroid-on-a-column tank is 42.0273N 87.7791W; the office box beyond it is 30 km away at 42.1010N 87.8696W

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tanks by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Chicago Skyline from the John Hancock Center by mj knelly

The water? tank right foreground (42.0092N 87.7184W) is 14.6 km away in azimuth 327.2 deg. The low fat tank at center (42.0454N 87.7533W) is azim 326.5 deg; beyond it the spheroid-on-a-column tank is 31 km in azim 326.4 deg (42.1294N 87.8291W). It's next to the MILW tracks, as is the tank with legs at right (42.1581N 87.8445W) in azim 327.6 deg. Barely visible on the horizon 59 km away in azim 326.9 deg is the tank at 42.3399N 88.0108W west of Waukegon. At left, the three tanks in a row at 42.3136N 88.006W are 56 km away.

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Iron Mountain by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles Test 2 by solomania9

The "HOLLYWOOD" sign spans azimuth 18.1 to 18.4 deg; Iron Mtn (34.3487 N 118.2292 W) is at center 39 km away in azim 19.2 deg. Just right of that, the taller tower atop the Verdugo Mtns is 34.2176 N 118.2834 W, 24 km away.

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Monrovia Peak by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles Test 2 by solomania9

The tan bldg at center is on Wilshire a block west of MacArthur Park; the black-glass hospital beyond is on the south side of 101. Left of that the Ukrainian (?) church at 34.07795 N 118.25124 W is 13 km in azimuth 57.1 deg; the snowy peak beyond it is South Mt Hawkins. Right of center, the left peak of the unsnowy twin peaks is Monrovia Peak 34.2132 N 117.9695 W; in line with it looks like the water (?) tank at 34.1248 N 118.1485 W.

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Santa Barbara Island by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles After a Rainy Day by Matthew Friedman

Left of center, the summit of Santa Barbara Island is 93 km in azimuth 221degrees; San Nicolas Island is taller but farther (142 km) and seems to be beyond the curve of the earth-- it would be in the frame right of center.

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Santa Cruz Island by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles Test 2 by solomania9

The tall bldg at right is at the end of Wilshire Blvd; the older bldg with the tower at center is on the NW side of Santa Monica Blvd. Beyond it and beyond Point Dume we can barely see the peak toward the east end of Santa Cruz Island 34.019 N 119.576 W, 111 km away in azimuth 270.6 deg.

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Saddle Peak by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles Test 2 by solomania9

At center, the white building with horizontal black windowstrips is on the south side of Olympic Blvd; directly beyond the left end of it, the tower is at 34.0755 N 118.6601 W atop Saddle Peak, 28 km away in azimuth 284.2 deg.

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Two towers by Tim Zukas from the GigaPan Los Angeles Test 2 by solomania9

At center, the two towers at 34.3863 N 118.3294 W are in azim 5.1 deg, 41 km away. Two water tanks (?) just right of them atop the ridge.

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