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Largest Digital Picture – 26 Gigapixel

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The photo was taken on the roof of the building “Haus der Presse” and starts at the left side with the Ostragehege. You can see the Congress Center and the Maritim Hotel rightwards. In the center is the city of Dresden with the famous Semperoper (back view), the castle and the Church of Our Lady. In the background is the television tower and you can identify outlines of the Saxon Switzerland. In the right part you can see the south of Dresden.

The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens. It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 megapixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes. The converting of 102 GB raw data by a computer with a main memory cache of 48 GB and 16 processors took 94 hours. With a resolution of 297.500 x 87.500 pixel (26 gigapixel) the picture is the largest in the world. (stand December 2009)

Link to website where you can manipulate the full picture HERE

Mike “FossilMedic” Ward

Posted by on January 9, 2010 • Filed under: News, photography • Tagged: ,
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    Thanks, Mike. What a cool site. I was able to accompany my Mom there for my Aunt's funeral in the late 90's. A beautiful city that still has unrepaired bombed buildings in the mfg center- and some people who still hold a “grudge”. Guess I might too….

  • http://www.firegeezer.com Mike "FossilMedic" Ward

    Thanks for the post. The “old country” show the scars of history in the mix of old and new buildings.

    Mike

  • http://www.firegeezer.com Mike "FossilMedic" Ward

    Thanks for the post. The “old country” show the scars of history in the mix of old and new buildings.

    Mike