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108-Gigapixel 3D Microscope Scan of Vermeer Masterpiece is Largest Ever (petapixel.com)

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Hirox, a leading provider of 3D digital microscope technology, has painstakingly created the world’s largest 3D scan, a super-detailed 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

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[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 84 points 1 year ago

https://www.hirox-europe.com/gigapixel/girl-with-a-pearl-earring/#TRPLINKPROCESSED

Hirox website that let's you interact with their scan of the painting

[-] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

I was zooming in an out of the 3D image of the pearl and watching it transition between the very recognisable pearl, zoom in to see it transform into an Arctic alien landscape, and then zoom back out again to see the pearl.

[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I did the exact same thing!

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