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Re:5,000 megapixel photo of night sky stitched together from... by personalcompute on Friday May 13, 2011 @04:31AM (#2544004)
Really, why is there no download? Isn't that the whole idea? A flash-based viewer thingy is nice, but absolutely no replacement for actually downloading the entirety.

(Yes, they do provide some scaled downloads that appear to be designed for using as a desktop background. The highest resolution is only 3000x5000 though)

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Re:5,000 megapixel photo of night sky stitched together from... by danssig on Friday May 13, 2011 @06:35AM (#2544184)
He might intend to sell this and doesn't want everyone and their 2nd cousin stealing it. Of course the flash thing doesn't prevent that either but it will probably prevent a large percentage of the people who see it on the web site.
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