Gigapan photo of Space Shuttle in extreme detail

Space-Shuttle
NetGeo has a photo of the Space Shuttle Discovery's interior that you can pan and zoom way into.

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Greg Miller

FYI, unless they’ve used the same sticker/hole cover in two different implementations (which I doubt), that’s where you’re supposed to stick the fire extinguisher nozzle in case of an electrical fire.
- avraamov
  
  naw. that’s a tea-towel holder.
Petzl

Whats scary is all the software behind that machinery has less computing power than an iPad app, much less an iPad itself.
Jake0748

Yeah baby! That’s some wonderful Space Shuttle pron.
Surly Driver

So much velcro…
satn

Oh god, they’re out of oxygen!
http://twitter.com/tadasyoyolt Tadas Jelinek

So.. Who’s the first to clone this in Flight Gear or other flight simulator? With all preflight procedures of course…
miasm

CSI was right!
Tyler Riddle

The only thing better than huge high res aviation porn is having it locked up in a DRM tool of suckiness. They get repeat business for their advertising and I get to have a hard time zooming in to view any level of details because the tool sucks. Weeeeeeee.

Thats so much better than using Gimp or Preview to move through the photo because it involves a web browser!
Bilsko

By no means GigaPan quality, but I did manage to get a couple of good up-close shots of the Shuttle Landing at Dulles:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/100420944078912392494/albums/5732752253100284321
ehkca

I’m always fascinated with this kind of thing. And I love how the reality of the “space age” isn’t glossy touch screens and sentient computers but grimy toggle switches, and lots and lots of velcro.
BeeArk

I still can’t find the cupholders.