The largest digital camera in the world has taken the first test pictures. Surprisingly, broccoli was used as the motif for this. In the future, this mega camera will be used to explore space.
The first photo taken by the world's largest digital camera is broccoli
Digital cameras no longer impress anyone, after all, almost everyone has one on their smartphone. But if it is the largest digital camera in the world with a resolution of 3,200 megapixels, then the enthusiasm increases. Exactly this largest digital camera in the world is to be installed in the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) in Chile in the future and has now taken the first pictures. And what do you photograph with the largest and probably most expensive digital camera in the world? Right, a broccoli.
189 sensors provide 3200-megapixel images
How did this very strange first motif come about? Before the camera moved to Chile, it was assembled in the USA in the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It consists of a 25-inch image plane and 189 sensors. The first test pictures have now been taken in the SLAC laboratory and the broccoli plant is suitable for this due to its complex shape and structure. The resolution of the picture is impressive. 378 4K TVs are required to show it at full size and full resolution . The digital camera can put a golf ball in Photograph in detail 25 kilometres away.
The camera is supposed to solve mysteries of dark matter
In the future, however, the camera will be used for larger and more important projects, such as exploring space. Puzzles of the universe, such as dark matter, are to be solved with the help of the mega digital camera. Over the years, the camera should document the development in space and the movement of the stars.