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A 44,8 gigapixel photo of Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting (do not open on mobile data)

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  1. rkcr
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    It's very cool to be able to zoom in so far, but the effect of seeing this huge painting on the wall is somewhat lost on even a 30" monitor. Worth going to see if you're in Amsterdam. Fun fact:...

    It's very cool to be able to zoom in so far, but the effect of seeing this huge painting on the wall is somewhat lost on even a 30" monitor. Worth going to see if you're in Amsterdam.

    Fun fact: this painting has been cropped. There used to be more of it, but people cut off parts of it to make it fit in a smaller space.

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    asoftbird
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    I've also managed to extract data from this image; loading a smaller size version of 11,2 gigapixels was not fun and took a full hour to load into Photoshop(as well as 105GB memory + 200GB scratch...

    I've also managed to extract data from this image; loading a smaller size version of 11,2 gigapixels was not fun and took a full hour to load into Photoshop(as well as 105GB memory + 200GB scratch disk), but it's there.

    I've got "smaller" files of 175-700 megapixels (respectively 190/750MB) if anyone is interested.

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      Tardigrade
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      I'd love to see the smaller one if you could.

      I'd love to see the smaller one if you could.

      1. asoftbird
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        Got the 750MB version here. 70MB version is here though I'm not sure if it works and I can't check right now; photoshop is trying to save that file uncompressed so it loads faster next time I open...

        Got the 750MB version here.

        70MB version is here though I'm not sure if it works and I can't check right now; photoshop is trying to save that file uncompressed so it loads faster next time I open it. It's been saving for 1.5 hours and it's at 50% now.

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  3. JXM
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    I wonder how something like this could be useful for art students or historians. These types of massive, detailed photos give you the ability to see the individual brush strokes that you'd...

    I wonder how something like this could be useful for art students or historians. These types of massive, detailed photos give you the ability to see the individual brush strokes that you'd previously only be able to see in person.

    Does having this kind of detail available anywhere in the world benefit these fields?