360° Panorama (South Africa)
Some cool Africa images:
360° Panorama (South Africa)
Image by Martin_Heigan
360 degree panoramic photograph at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Poortview South Africa.
Best viewed LARGE.
Martin
-
Administrator of:
Stapeliad & Asclepiad Group
All things beautiful in Nature Group
Succulent Treasures of the Desert Group
The World Up-Close (Nature Macro) Group
Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa [Detail]
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg
To see the full image go to: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4690804881
Posted June 11, 2010
The site of the June 11 opening game for the 2010 World Cup, Soccer City sits in Johannesburg’s Soweto Township. Previously named the FNB Stadium, the facility underwent an upgrade for the 2010 World Cup games. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of the stadium on May 14, 2009, while upgrades were apparently still in progress. Shaped roughly like a rectangle with rounded corners, the stadium sports high walls that cast long shadows toward the southwest.
Capable of seating 94,700 spectators, Soccer City is nevertheless dwarfed by nearby slag piles left over from decades-long mining operations. The slag heaps hold massive dumps of crushed rock discarded after gold extraction. Gold-bearing rock layers were originally discovered in this region in the late nineteenth century, and gold mining long powered South Africa’s economy.
On the opposite side of the slag piles from Soccer City is Diepkloof, one of several settlements comprising Soweto. The roughly circular-shaped settlement shows a street grid typical of residential areas, with small, closely packed houses. East and northeast of Soccer Stadium are clusters of much larger buildings characteristic of an industrial park.
Although vegetation appears in this image, it is relatively scarce, and much of the ground appears in shades of beige and brown, either sparsely vegetated land, or earth upturned to prepare for construction. One exception is the green golf course immediately east of Soccer City.
For most of its history, Soweto did not have parks or paved roads. A product of apartheid, this township was designed to house black laborers who worked in the nearby mines or other industries in Johannesburg. After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela gave his first speech in Johannesburg in the stadium now named Soccer City.
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.
Instrument: EO-1 – ALI
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation’s largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
Follow us on Twitter
Join us on Facebook
South Africa: Around The World Art #019
Image by digitalrob70
Soweto Football [Soccer] Match South Africa
The most widely played sport in South Africa is soccer. There is fanatical support for the nation’s club teams – the most famous of Which are Kaiser Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
The Johannesburg club Kaiser Chiefs were founded in 1970. Such is their support around the country, that all their away games are said to be like home matches.
By 2010 they hope to become the first team in South Africa to own their own stadium when the 55,000 Seater Amakhosi Stadium is completed:
www.kaizerchiefs.com/Amakhosi.asp
Orlando Pirates are another Johannesburg club. Formed in 1937 in Orlando East, Soweto the Pirates are one of South Africa’s oldest football clubs.
The Pirates versus Chiefs derby matches are said to be amongst the most fiercely-contested in the world.
The club’s pledge honours the rights of women and children:
www.orlandopiratesfc.com/default.asp?cId=17087
Mucho thanks for The Soul Brother’s original image
Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)
- Related posts on 360°
- Skate 3 cheats | xbox 360 game video clip directory
- Purchase Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360) | Unbiased Product Reviews
- Should I sell my 60 gig 360 for a Ps3 slim? – Playstation News …
