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10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.
10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.
10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.
10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.
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John Freeman

Palouse Falls Sunrise

10,000 MEGAPIXELS

10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.

This photo is 47,520% higher resolution than a typical photo.

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Palouse Falls Sunrise

10,000 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO

This photo is
47,520% higher resolution
than a typical photo.

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Portrait photo of John Freeman, a VAST photographer creating extremely high resolution photographs
John Freeman

Palouse Falls is the official state waterfall of Washington. Dropping roughly 180 feet, Palouse Falls is a must see attraction. It is truly an impressive feature of the landscape. Also known as Aput Aput, meaning “Falling Water,” so named by the Palouse Indians, Palouse Falls is located within Palouse Falls State Park about 3 miles north of Lyons Ferry, Washington.

Having seen numerous photos taken at this location it had long been on my list of locations I wanted to shoot one of my wall mural photos at. We booked a campsite at Lyons Ferry RV park for 2 nights during our fall 2025 photo tour of the Pacific Northwest.

I had gone to the park the evening before to scout out the area and determined that the overlook where this photo was take from would provide a nice view of the falls along with the Palouse River below the falls. I arrived some 40 minutes before sunrise and hiked to the overlook. As sunrise approached, the clouds started to glow with nice pink light characteristic of an Eastern Washington Palouse Region sunrise.

I worked feverously to capture the entire set of 5133 focus bracketed images (yielding 560 individual focus stacked images) as the sun rose over the horizon. Starting at the sky and horizon I worked my way down into the deep canyon. The rising sun illuminated the golden grasses on the western wall of the canyon. At 15,780 Megapixels, 106,196 x 148,675 pixels original size, this is the largest photo I have ever created. So large in fact that it exceeded the VAST system's image size capability requiring it to be downsized to 10,000 Megapixels as displayed here.

Date & TimeSeptember 7, 2025:  6:21am - 6:56am
LocationPalouse Falls, Lyons Ferry, Washington
Coordinates46.663790, -118.223577
Focal Length300mm
Aperturef/11
Shutter1/6th to 1/8th sec
ISO400
Num of Exposures5133

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10,000 megapixels! The highest resolution fine art photograph ever created; a 16-gigapixel photograph of the Palouse Falls waterfall and gorge at sunrise; gigapixel landscape photograph created by John Freeman in Lyons Ferry, Washington.
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Sealed between an extra-thick, shine-enhancing protective coating and a sturdy aluminum composite backing for a sleek look

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Designed to meet the most demanding standards for color-permanence set by leading museums

Handmade by certified master printmakers with over 4 decades of experience

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Width118,322 px
Height84,515 px
Aspect Ratio1.4 : 1
Date & TimeSeptember 7, 2025:  6:21am - 6:56am
LocationPalouse Falls, Lyons Ferry, Washington
Coordinates46.663790, -118.223577
Focal Length300mm
Aperturef/11
Shutter1/6th to 1/8th sec
ISO400
Num of Exposures5133

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small
2 megapixels
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  • Marketing prints < 11x8 in
  • Use on webpages at sizes smaller than full‑screen
  • Wallpapers for devices with low‑resolution screens
medium
10 megapixels
  • Fine art prints < 12x9 in
  • Marketing prints < 25x18 in
  • Use on webpages at full‑screen sizes
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large
50 megapixels
  • Fine art prints < 28x20 in
  • Marketing prints < 56x40 in
  • Large murals viewed from > 16 ft
  • Massive murals viewed from > 33 ft
huge
250 megapixels
  • Fine art prints < 62x45 in
  • Marketing prints < 125x89 in
  • Large murals viewed from > 7 ft
  • Massive murals viewed from > 15 ft
colossal
1000 megapixels
  • Fine art prints < 125x89 in
  • Marketing prints < 249x178 in
  • Large murals viewed from > 4 ft
  • Massive murals viewed from > 7 ft
full file
10000 megapixels
  • Fine art prints < 394x282 in
  • Marketing prints < 789x563 in
  • Large murals viewed from > 1 ft
  • Massive murals viewed from > 2 ft
Fine art
prints
(300ppi)		 Marketing
prints
(150ppi)		 Large
murals
(~20x8 ft)		 Massive
murals
(~40x16 ft)		 Use on
webpages		 Digital
device
wallpapers
small
2 megapixels
 < 6x4 in < 11x8 in less than
full-screen use		 low-resolution
screens
medium
10 megapixels
 < 12x9 in < 25x18 in full-screen use high-resolution
screens
large
50 megapixels
 < 28x20 in < 56x40 in if viewers will be
> 16 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 33 ft away
huge
250 megapixels
 < 62x45 in < 125x89 in if viewers will be
> 7 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 15 ft away
colossal
1,000 megapixels
 < 125x89 in < 249x178 in if viewers will be
> 4 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 7 ft away
full file
10,000 megapixels
 < 394x282 in < 789x563 in if viewers will be
> 1 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 2 ft away

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