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26 Gigapixel Photo Sets New World Record
FrenchSilk writes "The largest gigapixel photograph ever created with a DSLR camera was made by A.F.B. Media GmbH in Dresden, Germany. 1655 images, each 21.6 megapixels in size, were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 400 mm lens over a period of 176 minutes. The images were stitched on a 16 processor system with 48GB of main memory, taking 94 hours to create the final result. The interactive view can be found here."
...and 20 minutes later, the world's largest lolcat was created. ("i can haz gigapixelz?")
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That's not a naked woman, that's Waldo.
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If you can't take it all in at once, what's the big deal?
Finally a photo that works like photos do on CSI when it comes to zoom!
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