High Altitude Deep Zoom - Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 3000m

I just spent a couple of weeks in Switzerland and one of the highlights was a (two-stage) cable car ride up to Les Diablerets at an altitude of 3000m. The below Deep Zoom collection consists of a partial panorama plus detail of the halfway cable car station perched on an outcrop.

At the time I didn't take a systematic approach to taking the photos (which would have allowed a full panorama), but I still think the below does a good job of conveying the views of the valley below (bottom left corner is where the first leg of the cable car ride began) and the glacier to the right-hand side.

You can zoom in to see some more detail of  the cable car station - those more detailed views were taken as I travelled down in the cable car.

This is my first use of Deep Zoom and having done it once I have a much better idea of what to bear in mind when taking snaps in future to make the most of it (e.g. the cables in the below make it difficult to achieve a truly seamless look, but I'm sure glad they were there ;-))

It's really easy to put something like this together - all you need is Deep Zoom Composer, and a Silverlight Streaming account if you want to put it e.g. on your blog. Note that I exported as a collection rather than as a composition which is a static image - still pretty cool for creating panoramic images by stitching them together though.

I reckon we have some great spots in Ireland/Northern Ireland which would show up great in a collection - if you've already put a collection together, or have any suggestions, let me know!