The first permanent photograph, pictured above, taken by Nicephore Niepce in 1826 required an 8 hour exposure. Compare that will all the photos Gen Y take with snazzy little cameras to upload onto facebook! And they are all in colour! How far technology has advanced.
Further still, at this link you will find a photo of the entire crowd from the 2009 Inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as the US president.
Be patient, it might take a while to open, but it is worth the wait!
The picture was taken with a robotic camera at 1,474 megapixel. (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera). You can focus in on the face of every person in the crowd, and each face is clear enough to be recognisable.
On a lighter note, scanning the picture for famous US political figures is like a game of ‘Wheres Wally’, just with real people. And everyone looks frozen!!
