Highest Resolution Machu Picchu Picture Ever Taken- Smarter Every Day 66

Hey, it's me Destin. Welcome back to Smarter Every Day! So today, we're in Peru. It's pretty awesome. We've assembled a team of people, and we're going to capture Machu Picchu in the highest resolution photo that's ever been made of it. We're gonna let you see Machu Picchu because let's face it, it's pretty cost prohibitive to get here. So the majority of you probably won't make the trip. The idea is to let you make the trip with me.

I'm Destin, getting smarter every day! Check it out. We did it right there! So GigaPan epic, bro! We got level with it at first. Set this up so the normal photo takes a wide-angle. What we're going to do is we're gonna take a lot of really tight angles.

Yeah, come on, heads up! So we're getting roughed up because the camera looks professional. So we have to show that we went through all the proper channels and get a permit. Once, Jana, realistic! Gracias! That's what we've been planning this for months because of that dude right there.

Success! I would have argued for so long. The picture would have been done when I was done. This is Jeff's dream come true! I just started to coordinate with him. And we started, how would you say, what is my role in this?

I'm motivation, basically! No, yeah, I just thought you're a cool dude. I thought you could come down and enjoy taking high-res photos of Machu Picchu. Puss, you got sweet! That's awesome! Well, thank you very much!

This, you got to check this out! This is a type of masonry called cash flower used by the Incas here at Machu Picchu. They would basically polish all the stones that they would fit together perfectly. And what's cool about that is that if you have to support the weight of this stone on this one, the more contact area that you have, the less stress there is on the rocks. It's pretty cool! We do this with mortar usually in today's construction.

There you go, man! But the moment you've been waiting for, so Jeff and I decided to hide in this panorama somewhere. See if you can find us! Jeff's image ended up being awesome. If you wanna see what you can find, go check out the link in the description.

Anyway, I'm Destin, getting smarter every day! Please subscribe, have a good one! We take highest resolution photo of Machi P. This is the wall that seems to be made for the most care. You can see it's very long, very tall, and very straight. If you want to see that, I'll leave a link in the video description. You go click on it and explore the wall for yourself.

I'm seeking to figure out what they did. This is gorgeous! He's been doing the sound for Smarter Every Day for years. It's the first time we've met, but it's in Peru! The great philosopher Finn, you up with binaural microphone.

Why no microphones or stereo microphones? That take into account the fact that you have a head, which most stereo microphones do not! If I have a sound coming in from the left, it's a 500 microsecond delay before it gets to my other ear. And they should be able to hear that— they should be able to hear that as if it's surround sound if you put your headphones on!

Oh, okay! So go throw your headphones on and we're going to walk around Machu Picchu.