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10:57 - Boys and their toys
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199528,00.html
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When these photographers tell you to squeeze in a little closer together, you pretty much gotta: they can't exactly turn the camera.
Once home to roaring fighter jets, this decommissioned Marine Corps hangar is now the world's largest camera poised to take the world's largest picture.
If all goes well, within days the hangar-turned-camera will record a panoramic image of what's on the other side of the door using the centuries-old principle of "camera obscura."
An image of the former El Toro Marine Air Corps Station will appear upside down and flipped left-to-right on a sheath of light-sensitive fabric after being projected through the tiny hole in the hangar's metal door. The fabric is the length of one-third of a football field and about 3 stories tall.
Now that is cool.
Via JMH.
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Brian Tiemann
