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Harakeke photo comparison

Harakeke photo comparison: normal and magnified = pixelated.

This digital photo of harakeke is an example of how, though you can make it bigger (in this case, 64 times bigger) it doesn’t show any more detail because the image is pixelated and blurred. This can be used to demonstrate the difference between magnifying something and increasing the detail that’s visible.

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