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The term panoramic format is used to refer to high aspect ratio or wide screen image format. Especially suitable for landscapes, where a lot of scenery can be taken in at a glance.
Especially in photography, the panoramic format can be taken to extremes, like in this example showing Riddarfjärden in Stockholm:
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Extreme panoramic formats in cinema are also possible, but require special projection rooms and projection systems. The first 360° installation was at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Another 360° system was shown at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Panorama paintings were very popular in the 19th century. The Bourbaki Panorama in Lucerne, Switzerland shows a circular painting of 1881 painted by Edouard Castres. The painting measures about 10 metres in height with a circumference of more than 100 metres.
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