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Someone Took A 195 Gigapixel Panorama Photo Of Shanghai And People Are Finding Funny Things In It
While smartphone cameras are getting better and better, there's just so little you can achieve with them compared to a professional digital camera. To be honest, the technology of digital cameras and smartphone cameras are light years apart. Yes, of course, you can take pretty decent photos with your phone, but can you zoom in on people's faces who are miles away from you? Well, you probably didn't even know that was possible with any camera! And if that's the case, this Chinese company called Big Pixel has something very interesting to demonstrate.
The company uses technology which allows taking photos with hundreds of billions of pixels. In comparison, the average smartphone camera has 12 megapixels which are equal to 12 million pixels. The company recently posted a panorama photo which is 195 gigapixels, and that is 195 billion pixels. Knowing that you can get pretty sharp photos with your phone, the technology used by Big Pixel is absolutely mind-blowing. Below, you can see the photo with hundreds of billions of pixels which was taken at the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai. The online tool provided by the company allows people to explore not only this particular photo but many others too. If you want to play this treasure hunt yourself, don't forget to explore Big Pixel's website and upload your best finds here!
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Zoomed In And Found This Gem
Hello There, Observant Person!
I Have A Camera Too.
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
imagine if you were taking a picture and this shows up next to you...
Lying Reflection
It's a panoramic image made of multiple photos. The photo that captured the street and the photo that captured the building were taken one right after the other but not at the exact same time. The cars moved! Fun to look at though! :)
Special Protected Fire Hydrant
Uh Oh
It Was Edited Before Publication.... I Wonder Who Was Removed?
Duplicate People
It means that they moved and walked around as the camera was taking the oictues
I Found Doraemon 🙂
Ghost
Twins ?
Bucket
Why am I wasting my time looking at a random bucket in Shanghai?!!!!!!
Does That Lady Have A Ghost Following Her?
Duplicate Taxi
Taking Things Easy
Ghostly
Maybe the real Waldo is the friends we made along the way
Load More Replies...I would recommend going to the website - I had a fascinating time having a quick explore!
It's China. The government there is no fan of privacy to put it mildly.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda - I’m reporting these accounts; do something about “AlinaAnalina” and all its bogus accounts; IE: “AlinaAnalina18”.
These photos remind me of puzzles I do with hundreds of people in them all doing something else. So fun to look at. Now excuse me while I go magnify a city.
Wow what were they thinking: So no more bursting fire hydrants. Hmm..... Oh! we should put a fence around it!
That was really difficult content for the Bored Panda staffer to "create"
Most of these are just panorama software glitches and I'm pretty disappointed.
I don't know if this was mentioned but some of these images in things like two of the same thing or things not appearing or only appearing in reflections is because the image is a panorama.
The company Gigapan has been doing 360º panoramas of cities and natural wonders since 2013. And has recently added some natural wonders on Mars. Like the area of the landing site for next year's Mars Lander: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/218709
On a Thai Island Beach it must be extra sunny. Two sunglasses! Screen-Sho...67-png.jpg
Maybe the real Waldo is the friends we made along the way
Load More Replies...I would recommend going to the website - I had a fascinating time having a quick explore!
It's China. The government there is no fan of privacy to put it mildly.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda - I’m reporting these accounts; do something about “AlinaAnalina” and all its bogus accounts; IE: “AlinaAnalina18”.
These photos remind me of puzzles I do with hundreds of people in them all doing something else. So fun to look at. Now excuse me while I go magnify a city.
Wow what were they thinking: So no more bursting fire hydrants. Hmm..... Oh! we should put a fence around it!
That was really difficult content for the Bored Panda staffer to "create"
Most of these are just panorama software glitches and I'm pretty disappointed.
I don't know if this was mentioned but some of these images in things like two of the same thing or things not appearing or only appearing in reflections is because the image is a panorama.
The company Gigapan has been doing 360º panoramas of cities and natural wonders since 2013. And has recently added some natural wonders on Mars. Like the area of the landing site for next year's Mars Lander: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/218709
On a Thai Island Beach it must be extra sunny. Two sunglasses! Screen-Sho...67-png.jpg