Wee Planets - Alexandre Duret-Lutz



Green Eiffel by Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Wee Planets is a collection of original panoramas created by Alexandre Duret-Lutz. His pictures are 360 x 180 degree panoramic pictures projected to look like small planets using a projection called stereographic projection.

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