Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
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user contributed landscapes
We have landscapes for the seven continents (in the seven continent model) - all, including from Antarctica!
landscapes: Africa
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Cuatro Puertas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | 0.10+ | |
| Antonio M. López Alonso | CC BY-NC | English | |
A view from the centre of a circumference carved by ancient Canarians on the top of Cuatro Puertas archaeological site on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. More information on this site at Proyecto Tarha. |
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Athos Centro Astronómico at Las Tricias (La Palma, Canary Islands) | 0.10+ | |
| Tobias Feigel | N/A | English | |
Amazing panorama of the Athos Centro Astronómico at Las Tricias (La Palma, Canary Islands). A beautiful place for Amateurastronomers with the possibility to rent equipment. |
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Cap Masoala, Madagascar | 0.9+ | |
| Matthias D. Frei | GPLv2+ | English | |
This panorama was photographed from the abandoned French lighthouse at the southernmost point of the Masoala peninsula in Madagascar. It provides a spectacular view over the Indian Ocean and the Masoala peninsula that is still mainly covered with rainforest. More information about this particular place can be found here |
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Giza Pyramids | 0.10+ | |
| Ricardo Liberato | CC BY-SA 2.0 | English | |
Shows a view of the pyramids of Giza looking North East. The main three pyramids (left to right) are Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu. Khafre looks largest in this shot but in fact Khufu is slightly larger than Khafre. |
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Idehan Ubari, Libya | 0.10+ | |
| Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz | N/A | English | |
This is a panoramic view of the desert of Idehan Ubari in Libya. |
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Las Cañadas del Teide, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain | 0.12+ | |
| José Ángel Estévez | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 | English, Spanish | |
This panorama was taken in April 2008 near Los Roques de García, Las Cañadas del Teide National Park, at about 2000m. File size: 6.4 MB. Resolution: 4096x2048 pixels. |
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Leptis Magna, Libya | 0.10+ | |
| Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz | N/A | English | |
This is a panoramic view of the theatre of the Roman city of Leptis Magna. This site is part of UNESCO World Heritage. |
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| Screenshot not available | Mbabane, Swaziland | 0.9+ | |
| Quinton Reissmann | N/A | English | |
Mbabane is the capital of the little kingdom of Swaziland. Waterford/Kamhlaba is an international school on a mountain side which prides itself in cultural diversity. In SiSwati “kamhlaba” means “a world in miniature”. The actual view is from the sports field where we usually set up the telescope. |
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Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain | 0.10+ | |
| Uwe Buecher | N/A | English | |
This high resolution landscape was built with hugin from 20 photos taken in October 2007. It is located on top of the highest mountain on La Palma, Canary Islands. You can see the Buildings of the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, one of them is the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) which is the greatest telescope in the world today (10.4m diameter). |
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Sahara, Libya | 0.10+ | |
| Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz | N/A | English | |
This is a panoramic view from somewhere in the middle of the Sahara in Libya. |
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Volcano Waw al-Namus, Libya | 0.10+ | |
| Xavier Bonnefoy-Cudraz | N/A | English | |
This is a panoramic view of Volcano Waw al-Namus in the Sahara. |
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