Also, this place is super cool. What insanity piety motivated hundreds of people to carve a church from the outside in? Looks beautiful, and thanks for the well researched links to show it to us. Now I have a new place I have to go before I die. posted by Nelson at 8:49 AM on April 9 [1 favorite]
I've only used a laser scanner once before, this one looked like the head of johnny no. 5 combined with a barcode reader and you have to prep the object with a series of specially reflective stick on dots. I was scanning a small brick of honey comb and because of the little niches it meant I had to go over it a couple of times to get a nice resolution and bring out all the little cells, it took about an afternoon. I can only imagine what scanning Lalibela and attendant churchs must be like.
MrMoonPie - holy shit, I think I've been there on my one trip to DC! Has it been open since 1993? posted by desjardins at 9:55 AM on April 9
I can't get enough of ancients carving buildings into rock.
Me neither, especially considering many of us are too lazy to get up off our couches/office chairs for most of the day. OK, I'll just speak for myself there. posted by desjardins at 9:56 AM on April 9
When will this be made into a video game with big guns and zombies? posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:34 AM on April 9
Yay! I've been to Lalibela.
What insanity piety motivated hundreds of people to carve a church from the outside in?
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