The Saudi Arabian government has released new high-resolution pictures of the Hajr-e-Aswad (sacred Black Stone of the Holy Ka’aba) taken by the Engineering Studies Department of the Reasah Alharmain through Focus Stack Panorama technology.
According to a Saudi official, the images are up to 49,000 megapixels and it took 50 working hours to process the 1,050 photos.
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The scared stone is situated in the eastern corner of the Ka’aba from the outside. It is the starting and ending point of the Circumambulation.
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The reddish-black stone is oval-shaped and 30cm in size.
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The official said the Black Stone is a “piece of Jannah and the first-ever high-resolution pictures reflect how beautiful paradise would be…”