This is a small piece of a larger — much larger — photo of a Vancouver street crowd. Go to the original image, though, which allows you zoom in and in and in — you’ll be able to see the faces in surprising detail of each of the little dots.
The Vancouver Canucks Fan Zone along Georgia St. for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final was captured at 5:46 pm on June 15, 2011. It is made up of 216 photos (12 across by 18 down) stitched together, taken over a 15-minute span, and is not supposed to represent a single moment in time. The final hi-res file is 69,394 X 30,420 pixels or 2,110 megapixels.
I’ve stared at it for hours, though, and still haven’t managed to find Waldo.
(Also on Sb)
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hikikomori
9 August 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
i was expecting high-res burning cars and broken shop windws and was sorely disappointed.
mcbails
9 August 2011 at 8:49 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Okay lower right hand side of the pic, just outside the fence, a couple of people appear to be getting sucked into a vortex.
P. lonchitis
9 August 2011 at 8:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Pretty cool!
It’s not burning cars, but there’s a group of people flipping the bird to the left of Georgia St…
LMR
9 August 2011 at 9:01 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
PZ,
I’m guessing you were joking, but Waldo IS in there, I just happened across him.
Zoom into the center of the image. Under the curve of the street lamp. There he is with his back to us.
LMR
9 August 2011 at 9:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
PZ,
I’m not sure if you are joking, but Waldo IS in there, I just spotted him.
Look at the street lamp next to the tree just to the left of center of the image. He is underneath the curve of the lamp with his back to us.
george.w
9 August 2011 at 9:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The page invites us to turn on GigaTag and “set a world record” tagging faces (reaches for tinfoil hat)…
LMR
9 August 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sorry for the double post, thought the board ate the comment when I was on another tab attempting to Pharyngulate a Glenn Beck poll. :)
joed
9 August 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28732.htm
Despite fuzzy legality, US law enforcement will soon be able to perform mobile iris scans and fingerprinting.
Mobile Biometrics to Hit US Streets
Good thing the govt doesn’t have this type of stuff
Keevan
9 August 2011 at 9:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah, those artifacts are pretty common in photos like these. That image is 216 shots that were taken over a fifteen minute period. You can find all sorts of amusing continuity breaks along the borders where different images were stitched together.
Cafeeine
9 August 2011 at 9:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I first encountered this gigapan style when I stumbled on Obama’s inauguration speech pic.
I couldn’t find Waldo there either.
mikmik
9 August 2011 at 9:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Amazing how much you can zoom in and still get a detailed resolution.
Mcbails, LOL, I noticed that also. There at least 6 or 7, some of just lower legs, upper bodies, some melting into the fence, coming outta the ground, yet they are right beside complete, focused, unblurred whole people.
Question: do the people in the photo know they are on the web? I’m pretty sure several of those people might have phoned in sick to work, etc., LOL!
Ryan
9 August 2011 at 9:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So far I’ve found a Green Man (with his head covering down) and some dude wearing an XKCD shirt. I’m not sure why I can’t stop looking at this photo.
A3Kr0n
9 August 2011 at 9:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I couldn’t find Waldo near the tree under the curve of the light. Therefore, due to a lack of hard evidence, I’ve concluded Waldo was in one of the PitStop potties.
It’s up to you to prove me wrong.
'Tis Himself, OM
9 August 2011 at 9:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I found a guy with an interesting scar on his forehead.
LMR
9 August 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@A3Kr0n
Start at the billboard (or scoreboard, or whatever it is at the bottom) at about the halfway zoomed in level (so you can see individual people). From its left edge, track exactly straight upward (using the arrow keys helps keep it from drifting). Right before you get to the branches in front of the curve of the light, about 3 rows of people short … red and white striped hat and shirt.
standard Curve
9 August 2011 at 9:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sadly, the assembled horde could do nothing for the Canucks defense.
Deepsix
9 August 2011 at 10:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This pic reminds me of how I felt when I was trapped in a human traffic jam during the ’96 Olympics in Atlanta.
Lord Shplanington, Not A Frenchman
9 August 2011 at 10:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
SHE SEES
SHE KNOWS
AusieMike
9 August 2011 at 10:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It’s fractal!
Lord Shplanington, Not A Frenchman
9 August 2011 at 10:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Huh, now that I play around with this a bit more, there are quite a few more people than I would have expected staring directly into the camera with a slightly perturbed expression.
noob
9 August 2011 at 11:13 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Should we randomly tag people in the photo?
CanadianChick
9 August 2011 at 11:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
cool. I think I spotted a coworker or two. I work right in that general area, but fortunately, I was out of town. Our building was on lockdown.
chigau ()
9 August 2011 at 11:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Does this mean that all that TV/movie “Zoom in on that!” is TRUE?
Moggie
10 August 2011 at 12:04 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Enhance!
davem
10 August 2011 at 5:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That photo links to the 2011 FA Cup final one – the World record holder at 1,000 photos, 23 gigapixels, and 23,000 people tagged. There’s a whole world of OCD out there I’ve been missing…
fullyladenswallow
10 August 2011 at 5:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
As amazing as the street scene is, this is absolutely stunning:
http://skysurvey.org/
Tuválkin
10 August 2011 at 6:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OMG, PZ,
margin-left:8pxor something! Please bring over the custom CSS from Sb!Rev. BigDumbChimp
10 August 2011 at 6:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is my favorite gigapanoramic
Yosemite.
Zoom in and you can find hikers.
Rev. BigDumbChimp
10 August 2011 at 6:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
They’ve actually changed that page… Used to be able to zoom anywhere.
Fun finding climbers on Half Dome and other spots.
nemo the derv
10 August 2011 at 6:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ve seen long lines at the post office before but nothing like this.
Lord Shplanington, Not A Frenchman
10 August 2011 at 2:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh, also:
Zoom in over the “Ham” in the street sign next to the visible green light. There’s what appears to be a teenage girl rolling her eyes SO HARD.
I hope she doesn’t bust her rollin’ muscles.
Also, another girl is looking at her like “Why are you even rolling your eyes like that? What is even wrong with you? God.”
andyo
10 August 2011 at 6:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I see a cute redhead picking her hose.
andyo
10 August 2011 at 9:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Gotta click on “zoomify” now but it’s pretty cool.
Jennawins
10 August 2011 at 10:01 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What a cool picture. On another note – On the top of this page is an ad for Vinyard Church in Ann Arbor, Mi. with a picture of a Darwin fish kissing a jesus fish. I find this the very essence of irony and hilarity!
Jennawins
10 August 2011 at 10:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What a cool picture! On an ironic note – At the top of my webpage for this blog is an advertisement for Vinyard church in Ann Arbor Michigan. It has a picture of a Darwin fish appearing to kiss a jesus fish (big heart where their “lips” would meet). too funny.
Jim1138
12 August 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
PZ: when are you going to start posting on free thought blogs again?
Mike G.
17 August 2011 at 9:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey PZ!
So, I am not sure how many people this is affecting. However, the entire FtB page is stuck on the August 9th updates. Is there something I should know about? I am using Google Chrome (latest version).
I know as a fact that you had updates because they appeared yesterday, briefly. When I link here through SB, I always get the same old entries.
It would be so very generous of you to fix this because the world revolves around me. And I am itchin’ for my Pharyngular high. Please, PZ, I beg of you.