Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The World's Largest Photo Library

How many photos gave ever been taken? This article at 1000memories.com tries to arrive at that answer, and along the way relates some astonishing facts:
  • Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.
  • It is estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world today have a digital camera.
  • Facebook’s photo collection has a staggering 140 billion photos, that’s over 10,000 times larger than the Library of Congress.
So, how many photos would you guess have ever been taken? Click for the answer

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