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Check this out.   Someone internally spotted Stephen Hawking in Microsoft Photosynth!

LINK:  http://labs.live.com/photosynth/view.html?collection=all/ps/sanmarco/index1.sxs&im=images/IMG_3387.sdx&pos=-0.460667:-0.0379697:-0.00661491&dir=0.950029:0.295655:0.100161&zoom=3.60299&fov=47.1001&offset=0:0

This is Piazza San Marco.  Dating back to the 9th century, the piazza grew to its current size and shape in 1177. Historically, it was the location of all important Venetian state offices, and the site has always been viewed as the center of Venice.  It is dominated by the Basilica of St. Mark, the Doge’s Palace, and the Campanile. The piazza is frequently flooded by high tides since it is the lowest point in the city, but luckily that didn’t happen during the ten days these photos were taken!

Note to first time installers of Microsoft Photosynth:

• When you go the web page, it’ll install the Photosynth application. 
  After it’s installed, some folks have reported that the photos don’t show up and instead find that the site returns an error.  to resolve this, simply close the IE browser window and revisit the link and it should come up.  (Hey – we’re still in Beta… cut us some slack.)
• If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, it will zoom in and out of the Photosynth collection.