By: callanbentley
Image: Ron Schott
License: Creative Commons Non Commercial ⧉

Uploaded: 21 Aug 2026
Last Updated: 21 Aug 2026

6.22 gigapixels
177,696 x 34,988 pixels
592.3 in X 116.6 in at 300dpi

Intraformational angular unconformity in the Palm Springs Formation, Box Canyon, Mecca Hills, California. Hollisters for scale. A little something for the bird lovers, too. View in Google Earth: http://www.gigageology.org/GigaPans/GP207514.kml Stitch notes: GigaPan Stitch.Efx version 2.3.0307 (Windows) Panorama size: 6217 megapixels (177696 x 34988 pixels) Input images: 896 (56 columns by 16 rows) Field of view: 142.9 degrees wide by 28.1 degrees high (top=24.7, bottom=-3.5) Settings: Vignette correction on: c1=0.00403 c2=0.000199 Use BRISK feature detector Original image properties: Camera make: Canon Camera model: Canon EOS REBEL T5i Image size: 5184x3456 (17.9 megapixels) Capture time: 2018-04-03 10:24:18 - 2018-04-03 11:35:16 Aperture: f/8 Exposure time: 0.002 ISO: 100 Focal length (35mm equiv.): 475.4 mm White balance: Fixed Exposure mode: Manual Horizontal overlap: 13.7 to 59.6 percent Vertical overlap: 5.3 to 50.4 percent Computer stats: 24536.9 MB RAM, 8 CPUs Total time 1:21:24 (5.5 seconds per picture) Alignment: 41:56, Projection: 13:04, Blending: 26:24 (Preview finished in 1:04:08)