Graham Flint: Portrait of America March 3, 2007

Modern digital cameras take high resolution pictures measured in megapixels, but cutting edge photography is now being measured in gigapixels. The inventor of this technology is physicist-turned-photographer Graham Flint, designer of high-powered cameras for uses ranging from Cold-war espionage to the Hubble Space Telescope. With cutting edge optics, film technology, and digital procession, Flint has been able to create photographs with unprecedented amounts of detail.