“The pearl girl” to 108 Gigapixels, a Vermeer classic that is seen in more detail online than in “real”

Purists will say no, but this version of The pearl girl a 108 gigapíxeles It seems more impressive seeing her online than visiting the Real Gallery of Mauritshuis paintings where she is exposed. That is 108,000,000,000 pixelswhich would give for an image of about 10,000,000 × 10,000,000 pixels, there is nothing.

The zoom level that can be reached (× 90) produces a simply amazing effect. Not that the Painting textures and the crackled (small cracks); is that you can even enter those imperfections caused by time to see what is inside (!) Naturally, if you want to enjoy it to the fullest, Calibrate the colors of the monitor and visualize the result in a dark room so that the feeling of immersion is maximum. Put on a little background music helps.

In total they needed to take 41,106 photographs during 88 hours Continuous scan with a motorized support on a 5 × 5 meters platform. The small and anonymous girl is actually a 40 × 45 cm box, so that the result, if drawn with all the detail captured, would be almost 100 times higher.

In addition to hyper-mega-ultra-high resolution that have managed to scan the paint it turns out that you can also far and 3-D In addition to 2-D. This is because you can appreciate the relief of each drop of paintin a visualization reminiscent of the craters of the moon or Mars more than in an image of a smiling chicha.

What is behind this work is Hirox technology, specialized in digital microscopes, which with a montage that includes robotized supports, automatic cameras and lenses capable of making a × 10,000 expansion without disheveled. Awesome.

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