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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 09:40 PM Nov 2012

Shooting the Highest-Resolution Photo Ever Made of Machu Picchu [View all]

Shooting the Highest-Resolution Photo Ever Made of Machu Picchu
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/11/16/shooting-the-highest-resolution-photo-ever-created-of-machu-picchu/

Photographer Jeff Cremer recently captured the highest-resolution photo ever shot of Machu Picchu, the most popular tourist destination in Peru and one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Unlike other gigapixel projects that we’ve shared here in the past, this one is very well documented, offering an interesting behind-the-scenes look at how these gargantuan images are made.

Here are a couple of videos by Cremer and Destin of Smarter Every Day, who accompanied Cremer on the trip ...

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Shooting the Highest-Resolution Photo Ever Made of Machu Picchu [View all] Coyotl Nov 2012 OP

Way cool. bluedigger Nov 2012 #1

They sent me here Coyotl Nov 2012 #2

LOL n/t bluedigger Nov 2012 #3

Wow! What a cool project! n/t Callalily Nov 2012 #4

A long time ago in a galaxy far away - when I was 28 - I was on Machu Picchu Mira Nov 2012 #5

Great story, Mira! bluedigger Nov 2012 #6

No - it was as if Mira Nov 2012 #7

You can see that part of the trail up Huayna Picchu in the image by zooming in. Coyotl Nov 2012 #9

I've reminisced a bit today about my trip to Peru so long ago. And you describe Mira Nov 2012 #10

I've been there four times Richard D Nov 2012 #12

The first of these two photos looks impossible! Absolutely astonishing. Judi Lynn Nov 2012 #15

And it is also a wonder how they built for perpetuity Coyotl Nov 2012 #16

It may be impossible. As in PhotoShopped. I can't find it on Huayna Picchu. Coyotl Dec 2012 #22

Where is Waldo? In this case, Where is this wall? Coyotl Dec 2012 #26

I did that stairway Richard D Nov 2012 #11

This is the one atop Huaynu Picchu Coyotl Nov 2012 #13

Oh. Didn't then Richard D Nov 2012 #14

I need accurate GPS readings for Machu Picchu. Please PM Coyotl Nov 2012 #17

Is GPS latitude and longitude? Richard D Dec 2012 #18

Yes, the geodetic coordinates using the global positioning system. What I seek is Coyotl Dec 2012 #19

I'm not at all familiar with this Richard D Dec 2012 #23

Might this help? Richard D Dec 2012 #24

Interesting to see how that datum propagated to a GPS site Coyotl Dec 2012 #25

So . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #27

Correct. Coyotl Dec 2012 #28

Oh well . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #29

You can help out if you take me with you n/t Mira Dec 2012 #30

Believe me . . . Richard D Dec 2012 #31

I like to use Panoramio images in Google Earth. A lot has changed there Coyotl Nov 2012 #8

WOW! Amazing! SouthernDonkey Dec 2012 #20

Now I'm going to have to borrow my friends Gigapan n/t Stevenmarc Dec 2012 #21

Just found a Huayna Picchu video Coyotl Dec 2012 #32

This transports me back Mira Dec 2012 #33