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10 February 2012

Google Earth brings 14 gigapixel famous paintings to your eyes

el prado google earth Google Earth brings 14 gigapixel famous paintings to your eyes

It’s truly awesome to think about the talent and greatness of painters centuries old.  Now you can truly understand the amazing detail in the famous paintings of Madrid’s El Prado thanks to the Deep Earth-like technology of Madpixel.  Using Google Earth, you can zoom in on the paintings of Goya and others to the tune of 14 gigapixels, 1400 times the resolution of a 10 megapixel camera.  It’s tough to imagine, but check out the video below and head over to Google Earth to see it for yourself.

via gizmodo

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