Not to be outdone by yesterday’s 360° Panoramas of Temple Square, Dr. Hamblin has produced probably the highest resolution photograph of the Salt Lake Temple ever made. It is 0.41 gigapixels, which amounts to 410 megapixels. Compared with most modern digital cameras which are capable of 2-8 megapixels, this is a super high resolution image. The total file size of the image is 400 megabytes, but don’t worry, you don’t have to download all of that data to see it.
Dr. Hamblin used a new technology called Gigapan to create the gigapixel panorama. The results are nothing short of amazing. The image loads fast, and you can zoom into any portion of the temple and see exquisite details very close-up. I have embedded the photo below for your convenience (if you are reading this in email or RSS, it will only display on the website). If you’d like to see the photo fullscreen, click here.
Dr. Hamblin has also produced a short guided tour of some of the architectural features of the eastern facade of the temple in this photo. It includes the building dedicatory inscription or plaque, sun stones, star stones, clouds, squared-circle stones (sometimes called “Saturn” stones), all seeing eye, moon stones, Alpha and Omega, the Right Hand of Fellowship, and the Angel Moroni. To see these, click here, and then click on the “Snapshots.”
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