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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:08 AM Jul 2014

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Breathtaking portrait of The President.

After 32 days and stitching together 126 separate photos, we are left with this breathtaking portrait of The President.

This 3200 Year Old Tree Is So Huge It's Never Been Captured In A Single Image...Until Now

more photos and how it was done

http://news.distractify.com/geek/science/after-126-separate-photos-scientists-have-captured-this-incredibly-tall-tree-in-a-single-image/

I bet I got a few looking for something else
but I've seen this president and was humbled
by it.

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Breathtaking portrait of The President. (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 OP

Very cool. Sharing. MerryBlooms Jul 2014 #1

What a wonderful way to start the day. Skidmore Jul 2014 #2

Wow! The pics and alsame Jul 2014 #3

Incredible liberal N proud Jul 2014 #4

breathtaking... handmade34 Jul 2014 #5

That is huge! brer cat Jul 2014 #6

it took me a minute pleinair Jul 2014 #7

Wow! nt tweeternik Jul 2014 #8

Incredible! Thank you for posting! JNelson6563 Jul 2014 #9

Beautiful tree where has the forest of his brothers gone Sunlei Jul 2014 #10

Definitely breathtaking! MoonRiver Jul 2014 #11

Just imagine the jobs that could be created if we cut it down! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #12

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2014 #13

It was seeing the guy standing nearby that drove home the sheer scale of it (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2014 #14

Wow. Just wow. Big K&R. Nature is so glorious.... nt riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #15

Notice how the orange guy at the top looks so much larger than the orange guy at the bottom? yodermon Jul 2014 #16

beautiful redqueen Jul 2014 #17

MerryBlooms

(11,761 posts)

1. Very cool. Sharing.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:16 AM

Jul 2014

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

2. What a wonderful way to start the day.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:18 AM

Jul 2014

An ancient soul deserving of respect.

alsame

(7,784 posts)

3. Wow! The pics and

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:22 AM

Jul 2014

video at the link are amazing too. Thanks!

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

4. Incredible

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:54 AM

Jul 2014

And the technology that allowed it to be done is fascinating.

Thanks for posting this, I have seen it before but still incredible.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

5. breathtaking...

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 06:54 AM

Jul 2014

literally… everyone should have the chance to visit

(and I have the photo hanging on my wall )

brer cat

(24,556 posts)

6. That is huge!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 07:45 AM

Jul 2014

And lovely. Thank you, Ichingcarpenter...makes my day.

pleinair

(171 posts)

7. it took me a minute

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:01 AM

Jul 2014

Before I saw the man in orange towards the top

tweeternik

(255 posts)

8. Wow! nt

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:05 AM

Jul 2014

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)

9. Incredible! Thank you for posting!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:55 AM

Jul 2014

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

10. Beautiful tree where has the forest of his brothers gone

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:07 AM

Jul 2014

Gorgeous photography

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

11. Definitely breathtaking!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 09:10 AM

Jul 2014

Wow!

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

12. Just imagine the jobs that could be created if we cut it down!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:48 PM

Jul 2014

You know. [URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

13. Kicked and recommended!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:49 PM

Jul 2014

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

14. It was seeing the guy standing nearby that drove home the sheer scale of it (nt)

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:54 PM

Jul 2014

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

15. Wow. Just wow. Big K&R. Nature is so glorious.... nt

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:55 PM

Jul 2014

yodermon

(6,143 posts)

16. Notice how the orange guy at the top looks so much larger than the orange guy at the bottom?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 03:37 PM

Jul 2014

My guess is that the top guy is that much closer to the camera because the branches extend out that far.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

17. beautiful

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 03:43 PM

Jul 2014

Just beautiful.

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