The Largest Picture in the World

Over at Slashdot, they're running a post about the largest picture in the world, an 8.6 Giga Pixel photo of the "Parete Gaudenziana" a 16th century fresco. It's stunning to look at. You can actually zoom in to see the chips in the paint where it's starting to decay. For reasons that are obvious, I can't post the entire picture here. The image I have captured happens to be my favorite part of the piece -- the betrayal of Jesus. Not because of the content, but because it's the darkest, most bleak portion of the piece.

Check it out at the Haltadefinizione website. It loads pretty fast, provided you have Flash.