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I was a little disappointed by the lack of resolution. I remember seeing some of these, one with mindblowing resolution. As the article states "You can see a closeup of the statues nose" it turns out.. you can't. You can see a full-screen of the statue itself, but that's about as far as it goes. While that's impressive, it's hardly cutting edge and overselling it makes it more disappointing than just presenting it.

I'm wondering if their server is just overloaded. It's like when you zoom in using Google Maps, the map tiles get a quick ugly resize, then get replaced as more detailed data is downloaded. At least for me, trying these flash photos, zooming in is immediately unclear and nothing ever replaces them with clearer. I suspect it's just server problems, though.

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