Nikon's exclusive EXPEED 3 image processing engine interprets the massive amount of image data flowing from the sensor to quickly process images and HD video.

ENGADGET: Nikon unveils lightweight, full-frame D600 DSLR -- hands-on and low-light samples (video)

The third camera in its series, following the D5000 and the D5100, the Nikon D5200 offers a massive leap in image-quality.

ENGADGET: Nikon reveals D5200 SLR with D7000-taunting specs: 24MP sensor, 39-point AF, wireless port (hands-on)

This isn't the first time the ESO has shown a love for large captures: it managed to stitch together a massive 9-gigapixel image of the Milky Way out of thousands of photographs taken with its VISTA telescope earlier this fall.

ENGADGET: Visualized: Carina Nebula captured with a 268-megapixel camera

After the shoot Segal extracts the old-fashioned 70mm film from the 6-foot-long chopper and runs it through a giant drum scanner to produce massive photo files, 500 megabytes per image.

FORBES: Eye in the Sky

Ben Kirkland, a senior consultant with KHP Consulting and who helped organize the forum, said Formula One could have a "massive impact" on a country's image.

CNN: Middle East fuels Formula One's expansion

Astronomers think the cosmic bullets were ejected from deep within the nebula, likely propelled by strong winds expelling gas at supersonic speeds from a region of massive star formation outside, and below, this image's field-of-view.

MSN: Cosmic 'bullets' slam Orion nebula in dazzling photo