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An amateur astronomer has just created the largest and most detailed panoramic image of the night sky ever made, and is allowing people to download it for free. It's absolutely gorgeous.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/am...-sky-panorama/
At 5000MP, I wonder if it's the largest panorama ever made, period?
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That's incredible! Awe inspiringly epic!
-Alan
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Wow. That is amazing. Nice find ElectricImages.
Cheers, Paul.
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That's some Pano , Awesome !!
Canon : 30D, and sometimes the 5D mkIII , Sigma 10-20, 50mm 1.8, Canon 24-105 f4 L , On loan Sigma 120-400 DG and Canon 17 - 40 f4 L , Cokin Filters
AFAIK the largest earthly pano that anyone has admitted to taking/making is a 472,603 x 94,955 pixel image - about 45 GIGA pixels!Shot using a robotic pano head though.
An image of the skyline of Dubai - 245 degrees x 47 degrees FOV.
EDIT - Just found a bigger one. 887276 (w) x 306908 (h). 1.24 TB RAW stitched. 175 degree x 65 degree. 12,000 shots (150 columns and 80 rows). Shot with Canon 400mm F5.6, 2X tele-converter and Canon 7D. Shanghai Skyline.
Last edited by markjaffa; 04-05-2011 at 2:59pm. Reason: Found a bigger one!
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I don't know the actual dimensions of this, but it's the 80gigapixel London Pano
http://www.360cities.net/london-photo-en.html
360cities.net have some great Pano's there - I think somebody has posted this here already though. The Sky Pano is fantastic.
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