http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog - Carel Struycken Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:36:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en --click on the image to view panorama-- Marta Becket has been a creative force in this outpost in the desert for over 35 years. Not only does she perform in the opera house, she has created a wonderful permanent audience on the walls and ceiling of the theater. http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/spaces/amargosa-opera-house --click on the image to view panorama-- John Hejduk designed this house in the 70s, but it was built much later, in 2001 on the outskirts of the City of Groningen in the northernmost province of the Netherlands. The house was a radical conceptualization of the idea that work and living ... http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/372 --click on the image to view panorama-- The Humane Society golf cart float http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/catalina-island/independence-day-parade-front-street --click on the image to view panorama-- Avalon's main form of transportation gets spruced up for the parade. http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/uncategorized/independence-day-the-golf-cart-parade --click on the image to view panorama-- Independence Day is celebrated in style on Catalina Island. The Trojan marching band (USC) leads the parade of decked-out golf carts and local dignitaries. Go here for the Catalina Island Gallery. http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/catalina-island/independence-day-parade-in-avalon --click on the image to view panorama-- The Buttermilks are are a popular bouldering area in the foothills east of Bishop. To my uninitiated eye the activity and culture that surround it are spell-binding to observe. Groups of boulderers wander through this labyrinth of giant rocks with mattresses on their ... http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/eastern-sierras/buttermilks-outside-bishop --click on the image to view panorama-- From Wikipedia: "Benton is one of the oldest existing towns in Mono County. Benton was originally founded by the western Indians who came to make use of its hot springs. As the nearby towns of Bodie and Aurora grew in size and population, Benton ... http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/eastern-sierras/on-the-way-to-benton --click on the image to view panorama-- Convict Lake is just a few miles east of Hwy 395. The creek that feeds this lake runs through a spectacular canyon on whose walls one can see the dramatic birth signs of these young mountains. http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/eastern-sierras/convict-lake --click on the image to view panorama-- Bishop is a great place to use as your base station for day hikes in the Sierras and the White Mountains on the other side of the valley. Alpine lakes and meadows, abandoned mines, ghost towns, bristle cone pines, it can all be found ... http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/eastern-sierras/lake-sabrina-near-bishop --click on the image to view panorama-- The Pasadena City Hall is an outstanding example of the "City Beautiful" movement of the 1920s. The building was recently renovated and also had a seismic retrofit. Pasadena had its "golden age" in the early 1900s. At the moment it is being heavily overbuilt ... http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com/blog/places/pasadena/pasadena-city-hall-courtyard