AcesHigh
August 12th, 2008, 06:37 AM
Novo Hamburgo is the small (260k) city where I live, which is part of Porto Alegre metro area (total pop 3,7 million).
Novo Hamburgo is located in the north side of the metropolitan area, distant 45km from Porto Alegre (which is not in the center of the metro area, but rather, in the south side).
Despite the distance, there are lots of hills both north of Novo Hamburgo and also south of Porto Alegre. And from the top of them, its possible to see the whole metro area.
There are several cities between Porto Alegre and Novo Hamburgo. In the following photos, due to the low height of the hill, we can distinguish only 3 cities.
Novo Hamburgo in the foreground, São Leopoldo, as a well defined skyline 10km away, and Porto Alegre in the very background, as a big extensive skyline in the right side of the big panorama, distant some 45km.
Notice that these pics were taken 7:40 in the morning. The white haze is fog, not smog.
The panorama is big (1 mb) so we can see in detail the 3 cities, including Porto Alegre. Still, it was reduced from the original size (2 mb)
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THE PANORAMA (click on the thumbnail)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1969/pano11908x1000ds2.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pano11908x1000ds2.jpg)
By DreamDeceiver (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/DreamDeceiver)
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if someone dislikes Imageshack speed, try to download the pano from Photobucket.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/pano_10717x900.jpg
2 - Porto Brasil, a 28 floors residential, in final phases of construction. Picture taken from my house!! Ahh... 12x optical zoom is GREAT! :slob:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2317_768x1024.jpg
3 - Swan Tower Hotel (backside of it) and Hamburgo Velho neighborhood. (this part of the city doesnt appears on the above panorama)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2366_1024x768.jpg
4 - Hamburgo Velho´s Lutheran church
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2367_1024x768.jpg
5 - Vila Nova neighborhood and FEEVALE university
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2368_1024x768.jpg
6 - Some buildings at the west side of Novo Hamburgo, near BR-116 road (which connects the whole metro area and in fact, goes 4000 km north, crossing the whole country), the city of São Leopoldo in the middle, and Porto Alegre in the background, 45km away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2369_1024x768.jpg
7 - a tree.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2370_768x1024.jpg
8 - Zoomless picture of the city
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2371_1024x768.jpg
9 - west part of downtown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2373_768x1024.jpg
10 - residential buildings at Mauricio Cardoso avenue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2374_768x1024.jpg
PS: you may ask yourself "why have he bought a Canon S2 IS which is an old model?"
Well... yup, its an old model. But the camera is brand new. And it cust less than half the price of a Canon S5 IS... which in the end, just adds a few megapixels more (useless in my opinion) and up to 15x zoom. But the S2 IS price was worth the fact its an older camera. The 12x optical zoom is great...
Novo Hamburgo is located in the north side of the metropolitan area, distant 45km from Porto Alegre (which is not in the center of the metro area, but rather, in the south side).
Despite the distance, there are lots of hills both north of Novo Hamburgo and also south of Porto Alegre. And from the top of them, its possible to see the whole metro area.
There are several cities between Porto Alegre and Novo Hamburgo. In the following photos, due to the low height of the hill, we can distinguish only 3 cities.
Novo Hamburgo in the foreground, São Leopoldo, as a well defined skyline 10km away, and Porto Alegre in the very background, as a big extensive skyline in the right side of the big panorama, distant some 45km.
Notice that these pics were taken 7:40 in the morning. The white haze is fog, not smog.
The panorama is big (1 mb) so we can see in detail the 3 cities, including Porto Alegre. Still, it was reduced from the original size (2 mb)
**********************************************************
THE PANORAMA (click on the thumbnail)
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1969/pano11908x1000ds2.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pano11908x1000ds2.jpg)
By DreamDeceiver (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/DreamDeceiver)
**********************************************************
if someone dislikes Imageshack speed, try to download the pano from Photobucket.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/pano_10717x900.jpg
2 - Porto Brasil, a 28 floors residential, in final phases of construction. Picture taken from my house!! Ahh... 12x optical zoom is GREAT! :slob:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2317_768x1024.jpg
3 - Swan Tower Hotel (backside of it) and Hamburgo Velho neighborhood. (this part of the city doesnt appears on the above panorama)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2366_1024x768.jpg
4 - Hamburgo Velho´s Lutheran church
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2367_1024x768.jpg
5 - Vila Nova neighborhood and FEEVALE university
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2368_1024x768.jpg
6 - Some buildings at the west side of Novo Hamburgo, near BR-116 road (which connects the whole metro area and in fact, goes 4000 km north, crossing the whole country), the city of São Leopoldo in the middle, and Porto Alegre in the background, 45km away.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2369_1024x768.jpg
7 - a tree.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2370_768x1024.jpg
8 - Zoomless picture of the city
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2371_1024x768.jpg
9 - west part of downtown
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2373_768x1024.jpg
10 - residential buildings at Mauricio Cardoso avenue.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/rogerpenna/Noia%202008/IMG_2374_768x1024.jpg
PS: you may ask yourself "why have he bought a Canon S2 IS which is an old model?"
Well... yup, its an old model. But the camera is brand new. And it cust less than half the price of a Canon S5 IS... which in the end, just adds a few megapixels more (useless in my opinion) and up to 15x zoom. But the S2 IS price was worth the fact its an older camera. The 12x optical zoom is great...