Saturday, January 31, 2009

Gigapan? I hardly know her!

I've only seen this referenced at Sully's and tech blogs like Gizmodo, so I'll do my part to spread it around.

What you're looking at is a 1474 gigapixel image, assembled from well over 200 images shot using a specialized rig that scans and pans at intervals you can set to establish both a wide range and a lot of depth.

Here's a screen cap of the whole thing:


And here is a zoom of Chimpy, Darth, and families. Even here, Bush is making a shitty little poutyface. Man, he needs to fall headfirst into a gaping void.


Here are two more with some pretty impressive detail considering the specks they represent in the main shot.




Seriously, go get lost in that thing.