Explore a 108 billion-pixel scan of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

Explore a 108 billion-pixel scan of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

Hirox made a 108-billion pixel scan of Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring to market its high-resolution imaging hardware. Above, the glint of light on the pearl; below, a crack in the glint of light, and finally the glint of light in three dimensions. — Read the rest The post Explore a 108 billion-pixel scan of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring appeared first on Boing Boing.

Purists will say no, but this version of The Pearl Girl at 108 gigapixels seems more impressive seeing her online than visiting the Royal Mauritshuis Painting Gallery where she is exposed. That’s 108,000,000 pixels, which they would give for an image of about 10,000,000 × 10,000,000 pixels, there’s nothing. The zoom level you can reach (×90) produces a simply amazing effect.