Gigapan Image

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"...Using the same NASA technology that Mars rovers routinely use to image the Red Planet, photographer David Bergman created an unprecedented 1,474 megapixel panoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration....
...Panoramas work best for landscape shots, where nothing is moving," notes Bergman. "So in that respect, the rovers have the advantage over me. At least I hope nothing is moving up there on Mars! Here on Earth, I was using Gigapan to photograph 2 million fidgeting people."

Indeed, there are a few amusing stitching errors: a pair of legs with no torso, some floating hats, a disembodied hand or two.

"But there were only about a dozen flaws," says Bergman. "That's amazing. A friend experienced with panoramic photography helped me easily correct those few errors to create the final print."