RIYADH: Saudi Arabian authorities released new pictures that offer a never-before-seen close up view of Hajr-e-Aswad, the Black Stone, in the Kaaba in Mecca, AlArabiya News reported.
The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques captured the details on the Black Stone with a new technique that uses stacked panoramic focus.
The stone was photographed for a total of seven hours to produce a single image with the highest resolution, according to authorities.
The images are up to 49,000 megapixels and took 50 hours to develop.
