Internet resources: The largest interior photo of a library published

The 360 Cities website providing access to spherical interactive panoramas from all over the world has established a new record: it has published the largest photo of an interior in the world. It is the interior of one of the halls of the Strahov Monastery library in Prague (Czech Republic). The unique gigantesque image contains 2, 947 negatives compiled into one photo of 40 billion pixels (280.000 x 140.000).

The interactive photograph enables to enter the Hall of Philosophy which is usually closed for the public and which stores 42, 000 books.

The author of this extraordinary work is Jeffrey Martin, photographer who was granted a special authorization for taking photos (though before entering the hall he was obliged to take off his shoes). The work, during which Jeffrey Martin studied by his camera every centimeter of the interior, from the ceiling to the floor, took him 5 days.

The next stage was the “assemblage” of 2, 947 negatives into one photo using the “Temps” software, which took him over 111 hours.

As a result, everyone interested can admire the frescos of the hall and, having enlarged the scale of the image, observe in detail the backs of the books on the shelves.