1. A spherical viewing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of image gathering devices having a common virtual optical center; a pyramid shaped element having a plurality of reflective side facets facing in different directions so as to reflect images from different directions to the plurality of image gathering devices, each of the plurality of facets reflecting an image to an image gathering device belonging to the plurality of image gathering devices; and an image gathering device having an optical center located at the common virtual optical center and having a field of view toward a base of the pyramid shaped element.