2024-09-21 Hacker News Top Articles and Its Summaries
1. Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022) Total comment counts : 35 Summary The Rijksmuseum has created a groundbreaking high-resolution image of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch,” achieving a remarkable resolution of 5 µm (0.005 mm) and totaling 717 gigapixels with a file size of 5.6 TB. To produce this enormous image, a grid of 97 rows and 87 columns of 8,439 photographs was captured using a sophisticated laser-guided camera system, ensuring precise alignment for sharp images....