ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Panoramic photography

Panoramic photography is when someone takes a picture that is really, really wide. It’s like if you take a bunch of pictures from side to side and then put them together like a puzzle to make one big picture.

It’s kinda like when you stretch your arms out really wide to show how big something is, except with a camera, you can take a picture of all the things you can see from side to side all at once.

Some people use a special camera that takes a really wide picture all at once, but most people take a bunch of normal pictures and then use a computer program to put them all together so they look like one big picture.

People use panoramic photography to show a really big scene, like a beautiful landscape or a crowded city street. It can make you feel like you’re right in the middle of everything, even if you’re not really there.