As an avid panoramic photographer myself, I often check in on Hans Nyberg's full screen panorama site, which features some mind-blowing interactive panoramic photos from around the world. The site is put together by Nyberg, but features panoramics (most of them in QuickTimeVR) from photographers around the globe. Some of them are photojournalistic in nature, like the vigil around Arafat's illness (now death), as well as those shot during the US election. But others take you (almost literally) to places both touristy and more obscure, revealing in a way only panoramic photos can, a deeper sense of a place.

Some of the highlights are the collection of images shot by the globe-trotting Tito Dupret, whose panos of World Heritage Sites is one of the best interactive things on the Web (I'm not exaggerating…check it out). For the engaged traveler, there are also some dizziness-inducing panos that I guarantee you'll be sending your friends. (one warning, the images can be processor intensive, so don't send them to your friends using crappy machines). For kicks, check out the panos shot at the recent Burning Man, some of which are spectacular and do a better job of conveying the quirky absurdity of that event than any article I've ever read. And whiile you're at it, also check out the recent Equinox project, which features global panos taken over a three day period in September. I have one featured here as well.

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