Discussion of these images is at this blog entry.

equirectangular panorama by Ben Kreunen
Original panoramic image in equirectangular format by Ben Kreunen
source: panotools.info
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Orthographic projection of the panorama

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Rectilinear or Gnomonic projection of the same panorama

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