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What's It Like To Stand On the Water Cube's High-Dive Platform?
Posted by John Mahoney at 12:00 AM on August 23, 2008
Full-screen this beautiful high-res panorama cooked up by the New York Times's top-notch interactive graphics folks and find out. [NY Times via Kottke]

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Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:35 AM 23/8/08
I also LOVE the spiral staircase up to the platform. I always thought it would suck if you were climbing the ladder about to win your Gold, and slipped.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
CasualGeek
Posted 12:33 AM 23/8/08
Amazing view. That would scare the crap out of me being that high IRL. You'd have to pay me a LOT of money to jump off that thing.
CasualGeek
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 12:32 AM 23/8/08
It's sweet how they edited out the tripod for the camera in the 360 shot. I admit I almost always scroll down to see shadows or the tripod whenever I see a panoramic.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
jimbut
Posted 12:31 AM 23/8/08
id be scared since i cant even swim.
jimbut
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 12:24 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: Internment camp.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
yungjerry703
Posted 12:20 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: fill it with jello
yungjerry703
likefry_likefry
Posted 12:09 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP:
1. change all signs flags to say lenovo
2. ??????
3. PROFIT!
likefry_likefry
Y2KGTP
Posted 12:07 AM 23/8/08
So...what do they do with this after the Olympics are over?
Y2KGTP
drzeller
Posted 12:07 AM 23/8/08
That's very cool. Imagine it with people and noise, too -- it must be quite a feeling up there.
D.
drzeller
nEmmY
Posted 12:50 AM 23/8/08
that looks awesome!
nEmmY
takashimiike 3G edition
Posted 12:39 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: *Shrugs*
takashimiike 3G edition
NightElfMohawk
Posted 12:37 AM 23/8/08
Ahhh... looks like a slice of pure heaven...
God, I love water, especially the deep type.
NightElfMohawk
dude49
Posted 1:26 AM 23/8/08
How do you do a panorama like that?
dude49
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 1:19 AM 23/8/08
At A&M, you could go up the 10 meter and then climb into the rafters of the building to jump.
Just don't do it after hours. The cleaning ladies will call the cops, even if you work there.
GeekyNerdGuy
TendoMentis
Posted 1:17 AM 23/8/08
@MattTheRogue: I noticed that...that was the only thing that ever scared me when using a high dive.
I couldn't see the fracking water, so it was always a big surprise party with water and no balloons or cake.
Sigh...the cake is ALWAYS a lie...
TendoMentis
MattTheRogue
Posted 1:04 AM 23/8/08
For those of you who watch the diving events, you've probably noticed the mini-fountains they have spouting water into the pool. This pictures helps show how they're used, they allow the diver to see the surface of the water.
MattTheRogue
William
Posted 1:02 AM 23/8/08
10 Meter Photog Finals - not a blockbuster event.
I'll bet that photographer had a harness on, though.
William
shorty63136
Posted 1:32 AM 23/8/08
But not, like, toilet water.
Whatever.
shorty63136
shorty63136
Posted 1:32 AM 23/8/08
Ooh, I love blue water.
shorty63136
homerjay
Posted 2:13 AM 23/8/08
@MattTheRogue: Isn't it also to break the surface tension?
homerjay
vinnyr
Posted 2:06 AM 23/8/08
great find, How did they take those pictures that well? there is no gap or obvious end or begin of the different frames.
vinnyr
ara
Posted 2:00 AM 23/8/08
@dude49: You set up camera on tripod and rotate it around, up and down, taking photos at exact angles depending on lense used and then stitch the photos together with computer. Usually the player works so that the view point is inside of a 3D cube textured with the photo, think of oldschool Quake Skyboxes.
ara
ninjamurf
Posted 2:25 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: Hold national and international competitions, use it to train their swim team, etc. You know, just like every other country does with their major venues.
ninjamurf
otis123
Posted 4:15 AM 23/8/08
well first it will be retiled so chairman Mao's face is a mosaic on the bottom of the pool, and it will be made by political prisoners while the pool is still full, oh and they wont have scuba tanks.
otis123
vinnyr
Posted 4:06 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: drown anyone who disagrees with the government, drown protesters.
vinnyr
hellboy997
Posted 6:33 AM 23/8/08
all that and they couldnt white balance correctly? weak
hellboy997
Mike918
Posted 7:23 AM 23/8/08
@Y2KGTP: They fill it with milk...i swear!
Mike918