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View of Paris from the Eiffel Tower

  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    If you haven't seen this, you must check this out. It's a pretty cool 360 degree view of Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower. I heard this a couple years back and I really think it will end up holding true... with the way technology is evolving & growing, people will go on fewer vacations. Why? Because people will be able to see the sights from technology like Google Earth or this wonderful website.

    Eiffel Tower - Paris, France
    http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm

    Here's another one that I know has been shared on this site before, but for kicks...

    Sistine Chapel - Vatican City
    http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
  • Steel Valley Football
    They're doing one w a 360 degree view from the tip of my penis looking out over all of Ohio.

    Those are very nice, though.
  • OneBuckeye
    meh
  • FatHobbit
    Scarlet_Buckeye;1178531 wrote:with the way technology is evolving & growing, people will go on fewer vacations. Why? Because people will be able to see the sights from technology like Google Earth or this wonderful website.
    If that were true, wouldn't you think cameras would have made vacations obsolete? I prefer to see things in person.
  • ernest_t_bass
    All the french buildings look the same.
  • Steel Valley Football
    FatHobbit;1178546 wrote:If that were true, wouldn't you think cameras would have made vacations obsolete? I prefer to see things in person.

    I have no interest or concern for cameras or videotaping life's moments. For, I do not want to miss the actual moment by, instead, seeing that moment through a camera viewfinder.

    Do people really still use cameras and videocameras these days? We live on lake-front property.


    /Con_Alma'd
  • dlazz
    The Eiffel Tower is at Kings Island.


    Hope this helps.
  • Laley23
    Thats cool, but seeing it in person and being there is 100x better. I wouldnt never substitute a vacation for that. Doesnt do Paris justice at all.
  • bigkahuna
    I think it's crazy how few sky scrapers there are there. Obviously they have a lot more older buildings that can't be built up, but it seems like it sprawls a lot more than our cities do.
  • Laley23
    bigkahuna;1178566 wrote:I think it's crazy how few sky scrapers there are there. Obviously they have a lot more older buildings that can't be built up, but it seems like it sprawls a lot more than our cities do.
    It does. Paris is huge, in terms of sprawl. The newer cities are built taller, but the older ones cant be. This is true throughout Europe. A lot of cities that had the War in them have rebuilt with skyscrapers as well. I think Paris is like 7,000 Sq Mi. (New York is around 6,000).
  • ManO'War
    dlazz;1178560 wrote:The Eiffel Tower is at Kings Island.


    Hope this helps.
    LOL
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    FatHobbit;1178546 wrote:If that were true, wouldn't you think cameras would have made vacations obsolete? I prefer to see things in person.
    No, because cameras before could only capture a small view. Now? Cameras can capture a 360 degree view of everything one would need to see.

    I'm not saying no one will go on vacations; I'm saying, people who might have traveled to see... say... the Sistine Chapel will now be able to do so right from their own computer room.
  • justincredible
    I've seen the Paris thing before (or something extremely similar for another city) but it is really cool. I really have no desire to visit Paris, though. Something about French people.
  • OSH
    Scarlet_Buckeye;1178531 wrote:If you haven't seen this, you must check this out. It's a pretty cool 360 degree view of Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower. I heard this a couple years back and I really think it will end up holding true... with the way technology is evolving & growing, people will go on fewer vacations. Why? Because people will be able to see the sights from technology like Google Earth or this wonderful website.

    Eiffel Tower - Paris, France
    http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm

    Here's another one that I know has been shared on this site before, but for kicks...

    Sistine Chapel - Vatican City
    http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
    Thanks for sharing! I no longer have to take my wife to Paris OR take my Catholic in-laws to the Vatican City!
  • FatHobbit
    justincredible;1178615 wrote:I really have no desire to visit Paris, though. Something about French people.
    I thought the French were extremely polite until someone was rude to them and then they had no trouble being rude right back. As long as you used a little french and tried they were very nice. (Mostly I asked "Parlez vous english?") I loved how every shop I walked into they would say "Bon jour".
  • DeyDurkie5
    with the invention of porn, people will never fuck again. Why would you when you can see it all on a computer??

    /scarlet buckeye'd
  • FatHobbit
    DeyDurkie5;1178644 wrote:with the invention of porn, people will never fuck again. Why would you when you can see it all on a computer??

    /scarlet buckeye'd
    Plus, porn stars are way hotter than anything you could pick up at a bar.
  • hasbeen
    Michelangelo painted a lot of shirtless dudes.
  • 4cards
    ....This looks like it was shot from ABOVE the Eifel Tower not from it....still pretty cool.
  • Con_Alma
    I don't think people go on vacation to simply "see the sights" but rather see the sights when they are on vacation.

    We go places to experience them. We went to Bali to experience the culture and the environment. The sights added to that. The sights alone can't provide an understanding of what it's like there.
  • vball10set
    Con_Alma;1178768 wrote:I don't think people go on vacation to simply "see the sights" but rather see the sights when they are on vacation.

    We go places to experience them. We went to Bali to experience the culture and the environment. The sights added to that. The sights alone can't provide an understanding of what it's like there.
    Classic Con_Alma, but aren't the sights part of the environment?
  • ernest_t_bass
    Con_Alma;1178768 wrote:I don't think people go on vacation to simply "see the sights" but rather see the sights when they are on vacation.

    We go places to experience them. We went to Bali to experience the culture and the environment. The sights added to that. The sights alone can't provide an understanding of what it's like there.
    See, now I think you're just trying too hard. But reps anyway.
  • Steel Valley Football
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    I've provided a unique and special answer all while being above acknowledging others who are making fun of me. For, I am special.


    /Con_Alma'd
  • Con_Alma
    vball10set;1178770 wrote:Classic Con_Alma, but aren't the sights part of the environment?
    Of course, which is why I said the sights added to that right in the post you quoted.
  • Con_Alma
    Steel Valley Football;1178781 wrote:More like...



    I've provided a unique and special answer all while being above acknowledging others who are making fun of me. For, I am special.


    /Con_Alma'd
    Acknowledged.