Behold: the full 24 light year wide expanse of the Orion nebula.
And yet, as spectacular as this image appears, it’s a mere thumbnail of the real thing – a giant 2.5 gigapixel photomosaic composed of 12,816 individual photos created over the past five years by amateur astronomer Matt Harbison.
Explore the mahoossive full sized zoomable mosaic here.
MORE: This Insane 2.5 Gigapixel Image of the Orion Constellation Took Five Years To Complete (Petapixel)
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Deffo worth it following that link – puts my bad day at work in perspective!