It Took 12 Years to Develop This 1.7 Gigapixel Image of the Milky Way and Its Breathtaking!
Mar. 28, 2021Space images, let’s admit it, are amazing! I mean, seeing thousands of millions of stars glitter on the pitch-black backdrop of space is mesmerizing. We have seenNASArelease a ton ofspace picturesover the course of time. Recently, we even saw itdevelop a toolthat lets you superimpose yourself on an actual picture taken on Mars. Now, a photographer has created a breathtaking panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy that took over 12 years to develop. Yes, you heard that right!
Finland-based JP Metsavainio is a professional visual artist and space photographer who started working on the said Milky Way image back in 2009. Over the years, he captured tons of images of the space to collect a massive amount of data to develop the final picture.
The final result? A humongous panoramic view of our Milky Way galaxy that is 100,000 pixels wide. It contains around 234 individual mosaic panels that are stitched together to create a massive 1.7 gigapixel image.Credit: JP Metsavainio
After collecting the data, he developed the gigapixel-class mosaic-like picture on Adobe Photoshop. He released the final picture on hisofficial blogsite from where you can also buy physical prints of the image. Moreover, you can check out several of his pictures that were used to create the Milky Way image on his blog post.
So, go ahead and check out the breathtaking image of our galaxy and let us know what you think of it down in the comments.
Featured Image Courtesy: JP Metsavainio (Blog)
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