This is unbelievable and the system used to take the photos is really inexpensive, link to home page .


This is a photo from the 2009 Inauguration, in which you can see IN FOCUS the face of each individual in the crowd !!!
You can scan and zoom to any section of the crowd, you may need to wait a few seconds for the focus to adjust.
The picture was taken with a robotic camera at 1,474 megapixel (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera)

http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan...899496648c2b4b06233c

You can also check out other photos on their web site.

Astounding! You could take a satellite photo of half the people on earth...no, the camera can't be moving. Oh, well...

This reminds me of a site I ran across while looking for a historic map a while back. Images are astonishing.

If you have time for a diversion, try it out.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/

Apparently they are using a new browser ?applet? called the LUNA 6. Browser. Works OK on Macs.