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Bentley Motors unveiled another ground-breaking new Gigapixel photograph — one of the world’s most detailed landscape images.
At the heart of the photograph sits a Bentley Flying Spur W12 S in the luxury marina of Dubai. Zoom out, and the groundbreaking NASA-derived technology of the Gigapixel image allows you to explore and experience the city panorama in intricate detail, while beyond it, the curvature of the earth is visible.
Zoom in and the image will take you in sharp focus, through the landscape, right up to the instantly recognisable bonnet badge of the Flying Spur. The car itself is like a large speck when you have fully zoomed out of the photograph.
With the new Gigapixel image, viewers can also explore the Flying Spur W12 S inside and out with a 360-degree film narrated by John Paul Gregory, Bentley’s Head of Exterior Design.
Gregory talks to the audience from inside the car, from the stunning Bentley Suite in the The St. Regis Dubai, and the new flagship Bentley retailer on the famous Sheikh Zayed road.
The stunning photograph rewards the discerning eye with an intense exploration both of Dubai and Bentley. Visit www.explore.bentleymotors.com to check out the detailed image.
To take the picture, Bentley suspended a camera 264 metres up the Cayan Tower — one of Dubai’s tallest buildings — to capture the landscape image.
The innovative technology used had to withstand 40-degree heat that created a haze and 25 kmph winds that threatened to disrupt stability.
An incredible 57.7 billion pixels were carefully stitched together to create a single image that also balanced light levels painstakingly across each pixel. The intricate process took 48 hours and 1,825 frames to create. An official Bentley statement said downloading the image took a further 18 hours.
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