Cape Town in High Resolution

Jess of Hame Cottages kindly shared one of the most detailed photos I have ever seen of Cape Town. Even though our accommodation in Cape Town's southern suburbs is on the other side of the mountain from the Cape Town city centre, all those who live in close proximity to Table Mountain are intimately connected. And besides, most of our establishments are only 10 to 15 minutes drive from the city centre.

I am not posting that photo here, as it would take hours to download, but am providing a link to the photo, which is on VirtualAfrica.co.za. According to their site, this is how they did it:

• It was created by stitching 1850,fully zoomed (x 20 optical zoom), 10 MegaPixel images together.
• The time it took from the first shot (top left) and last shot (lower right) being taken, was about 3 hours.
• It’s 205 000 pixels wide.
• That equates to a printout of about 90 m x 15 m!
• The end result was a 25 GigaBytes RAW file which takes about an hour to open on... Macbook Pro.

This photo by VirtualAfrica.co.za is absolutely stunning, and allows one to see the intimate details of life in Cape Town's city centre. Upon seeing that high resolution photo, I decided to post some other photos to this blog of what is arguably the most beautiful city in the world, along with a couple from elsewhere in the Cape. Note especially the photo with panoramic view of Green Point and the new Cape Town Stadium, which was built for next year's Soccer World Cup. I cannot imagine a better way to motivate someone to visit Cape Town, South Africa, whether it be for the 2010 FIFA World Cup or any other time. Enjoy!