GigaPan by Richard T. Bryant
The "Eagle's Nest" rock face near Jubbah, Saudi Arabia, reveals many examples of rock art, some thousands of years old. The 1.1 gigapixel panorama is composed of 176 individual photographs stitched together.
To explore this GigaPan, which requires Flash, use the controls located at the left of the image, or use your keyboard's arrow keys to navigate left or right and the plus and minus keys to zoom in and out. Click "View All" to see the entire image.
To see user-created notes and snapshots for this panorama, visit the GigaPan site.
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