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Date Uploaded: Dec 2, 2025

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 Here's a bit of an explanation:

This is the Olympic Park in Munich – photographed from a small hill in the middle of the complex, which is called Olympiaberg (which is far from being a mountain!). You can see the stadium with its tent-like roof, the TV tower, and the small lake. The whole thing was built for the 1972 Olympic Games and is now used as a park.

To achieve this effect, you used to have to create a panorama and then shape it into a sphere using "polar coordinates" in Photoshop. Now there are apps that do this in seconds. You just have to make sure that the ratio between ground/city/landscape and sky is roughly the same on both sides of the image; otherwise, you'll get an unsightly edge in the small globe.

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 12/04/2025 01:44:34 PM
This one came together quite seamlessly! Very interesting.

"round circle in the square hole" - PennyStreet makes the coolest observations!
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 12/04/2025 11:59:23 AM
Very fun! How to put the round circle in the square hole.
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 12/04/2025 11:39:34 AM
cool!
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 12/04/2025 03:30:27 AM
Here's a bit of an explanation:

This is the Olympic Park in Munich – photographed from a small hill in the middle of the complex, which is called Olympiaberg (which is far from being a mountain!). You can see the stadium with its tent-like roof, the TV tower, and the small lake. The whole thing was built for the 1972 Olympic Games and is now used as a park.

To achieve this effect, you used to have to create a panorama and then shape it into a sphere using "polar coordinates" in Photoshop. Now there are apps that do this in seconds. You just have to make sure that the ratio between ground/city/landscape and sky is roughly the same on both sides of the image; otherwise, you'll get an unsightly edge in the small globe.
 12/04/2025 01:01:54 AM
What a great creation. So much to see!
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 12/03/2025 06:06:20 PM
What a fascinating "tiny planet" application. I love it! Might need to try this with a panoramic of my own for this side challenge...I've never had much use for it in the past.
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 12/03/2025 02:53:57 PM
Good subject and well executed -- I like the amount of detail retained in the clouds.

Originally posted by glad2badad:
Interesting. I don't see a drone on your list of gear. I like your choice for the central point of the capture.

You don't use a drone to make this type image: "My World" How-To
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 12/03/2025 01:54:21 PM
Aha insice out n back 2 front magic
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 12/03/2025 12:54:05 PM
Interesting. I don't see a drone on your list of gear. I like your choice for the central point of the capture.
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