<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>That is so cool. <br><br>Sent from my iPod</div><div><br>On Oct 1, 2010, at 11:16, Robert Capozello <<a href="mailto:afpopa@yahoo.com">afpopa@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>ROME – Imagine being so close to Botticelli's Venus that you can see the strands of her blond hair, the shades of pink in her cheeks, the cracks in the centuries-old paint.</div>
<div>That sensation is now just a click away.</div>
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<div>This week, an Italian company has put high-resolution images online of "The Birth of Venus" and five other masterpieces from the Uffizi gallery in Florence, including works by Caravaggio and <a style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: none" id="KonaLink0" class="kLink" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101001/ap_en_ot/eu_italy_digital_masterpieces#" target="undefined"><font style="POSITION: static; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; COLOR: #366388 !important; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-WEIGHT: 400" color="#366388"><span style="POSITION: static; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; COLOR: #366388 !important; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-WEIGHT: 400" class="kLink">Leonardo </span><span style="POSITION: static; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; COLOR: #366388 !important; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-WEIGHT: 400" class="kLink">da </span><span style="POSITION: static; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; COLOR: #366388
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<div>By zooming in with the click of a mouse, the smallest details can appear — even ones that aren't ordinarily visible. The images have a resolution of up to 28 billion pixels — about 3,000 times stronger than that of an average digital camera.</div>
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<div>The images are available to view free until Jan. 29 at the Web site <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_en_ot/storytext/eu_italy_digital_masterpieces/37802027/SIG=111b4k5lu/*http://www.haltadefinizione.com"><font color="#0058a6">http://www.haltadefinizione.com</font></a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>
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