November 30, 2006: Paris by night panorama
 

http://cellar.org/2006/parisbynightsmall.jpg

Now do you highlight an image that's roughly 15000
pixels wide and 520 pixels high?

You reduce it to 2875 x 100 pixels, and link it to the
larger version. Click on the above panorama to see the
massive 1.8 MB version. (But don't do it if you're on a
modem connection, unless you have some time to spare.)

Even the reduced version is too wide for our site here,
but it's such an awesome image I had to share it.

This item is linked today by Digg, where it's pointing to a
French site with nothing but the photo credit and link for
the photographer, so I'll do the same:

This marvellous photo is by Arnaud Frich http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com

mmmm.... The City of Light!

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Really gorgeous. It looks like a Golden City.

Hark, me heareth Jean Val Jean!

Looks like the shot is being taken from some roof on Notre Dame.

Around and around…
 

Whoa, that's wide! Must be several turns. ;-)

Could be interesting to know, how many of you have been there? (Not necessarily on the roof, but in the city.) Let's see a "YES" (if you have) or a "NO" (otherwise). Here's mine: YES

Nah, that building with the rose window is Notre Dame. This seems to have been taken from a roof across the street. There is a less cropped version of the posted photo that indicates this spot. Make your window real small before you click the last link to frame the spot i centered. A zooming tool might also be useful.

Nice, but I don't see Paris. Nor her little dog.

...nor her little minky. Nor Britney's.

She was hiding behind that building

Bromkloss - yes, but must be in a cherry picker or something, because that rosette on the Notre Dame is not at ground level.

Yes I've been there three times -- all on business. But I did take some extra time to do some exploring. It's a lovely city, pleasant people, and the subway is very convenient.

Great shot and his website has several others http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com/photo-de-paris-pl1.htm

But did he get a model release from this guy? We're talking a lawsuit here!

I think the camera just is on the roof across the street from that window. You can see it in the lesser cropped image.

I have heard they have a very fast moving walkway at one of the railway stations (forgot which, not the one I used anyway). On the order of 40 km/h someone guessed, with some care taken to gradually accelerate its passengers. Cool! Had I only known that when I was there. Does anyone know what I am talking about? How exaggerated is it? :)

Oh wait. Wikipedia: Boring. :sniff:

How would you gradually accelerate a walkway? It's a unit. The entire walkway would have to be going the same speed.