Well actually the article said Mega Tsunami and Mega Earthquakes. That was one year ago on a website that enjoys the gloom and doom of the coming 2012 apocalypse as they put it. But what about today?

I can say for myself that I am not a person who looks forward to chaos like some of the fellow planet x websites and I don’t blame everything on Planet X. but I do know that if we could see an approaching body in outer space headed to earth, I would understand that much more chaos is coming than a Tsunami. What is a little disturbing to me personally is the increased rate of earthquakes and Tsunamis in the last 12 months.

I woke up early this morning to hear of the 8.9 magnitude Earthquake  that just hit Japan. These pictures show the devastation of the Tsunami waves that ravaged parts of Japan.

I watched the news which started with a Tsunami warning for the California coast. The reporters stated that 2 to 6 foot waves to be expected on the complete west coastal line. This set off a chain reaction of people getting into their cars and heading to higher ground. Then the report went to Hawaii which was reporting 8 foot waves and water going inland. The strange thing is that there was no lighting available for the reporters there to show us anything. Literally there is a few pictures of a light on a wave and still is not light enough to see any images of the coastal damage on Hawaii. They expect many more waves to hit the islands due to the fact that the aftershocks are still hitting Japan which means there is no way to calculate what will happen to the size of the waves that are coming in. As I write this article the reporters are showing the low lying Crescent City California which has experienced 21 foot deadly waves in 1960, has been completely evacuated.

Now for me I see what can happen when unexpected disaster strikes just by watching the news. This is not the first time that earthquakes and Tsunamis have hit and caused disaster. Sadly it happens and sadly many people begin to blame it on Planet X. I always look for the sunshine through the clouds but when there is such large quakes, Tsunamis and flooding, it is hard not to at least understand that if we do get a mega Tsunami caused by planet x or any other source, we can surely count on CHAOS.

The bottom line here is that this quake is Japans largest ever recorded. It has produced more than 80 major aftershocks over 5.0 magnitude  and they expect more and larger ones. With so much so fast, we have no way of knowing what is the outcome of the waves from the Tsunami.

It is bad and it will continue for many reasons.  But if we ever get a mega Tsunami caused by something as large as a planet, you may not have a means to know about it until it hits your area or until you turn on your battery powered radio.

If you live on the west coast of America you should take notice to how your area is handling this emergency and be more prepared for the next one.

But as of now you do not have to worry about Planet X.

Digital Photo and Images in the Professional Practice

Image scaling is referred to as the process involved in altering the size of a digital photo or image. Altering the size can be done by down sizing or making the image smaller or enlarging it. Retaining the sharpness of a digital photo while being enlarged or downsized from its original size is the ultimate goal of every photo enthusiast. This is possible with the use of online or standard digital photo enlargement tools. Many interpolation algorithms available online or from downloadable software make it possible. But it should be always noted that the size and texture of the original photograph can affect the quality of the enlarged output image.

In digital photo enlargement, the size of a photo or image is increased and pixels normally become more visible in doing so. Most often, some of the details in the photo or the image are lost in the process, i.e. image or photo becomes blurred. However, there are many picture enlargers that can even out the appearance of the pixels from the original, thus retaining important details in the photo or image.

There are many methods of scaling like the nearest neighbor interpolation, bilinear interpolation and bicubic interpolation. The later is most preferred because it retains the sharpness and most of the details of the photo or image. Another good picture enlargement approach is found in some computer graphic software, called super sampling. This is also an advanced photo enlargement method that is best used when magnifying images or photos with low resolutions.

Why is it very important to pay attention to the details when enlarging or magnifying an image or photo? Photos and images taken from any digital camera have various purposes. Aside from personal purposes, digital photos especially are being used today by many professional practitioners. For instance, in the medical field, digital photos and images are used to present case studies and enhance reports. In dermatology for instance, digital shots of before and after acne photos may be used to explain a patients progress.

In aeronautics, there are already a number of attempts to discover life and other information in other planets, the moon and even the sun. Digital photos serve as evidence of these space expeditions. In forensics, though special UV or IR digital cameras are to be used, digital photos are also important not only to present evidence from the scene of the crime but also discover additional details of what transpired. These are some of the many professionals that benefit from digital photo enlargement.

Going back to the question earlier, why is it important to pay attention to details when enlarging or magnifying an image or photo? In relation to professional use, details are essential and very vital, especially in forensics as these may be used in litigation. Therefore, a major consideration when selecting a photography enlarger method or photographic enlarger service is that it should retain sharpness and valuable details while scaling the photograph. There are many software and even online providers that can do this service efficiently. Especially in large scale investigative projects, where sometimes the camera used is not set to its maximum or is not really a professional camera, it is very essential that digital photo enlargement capabilities of your software or the provider can handle photos with sub-quality.
About the Author

Alex is a writer about photography techniques for http://reshade.com . Reshade works in the field of online picture processing programs and offers a free online photo resizer web-tool. It’s also possible to purchase a photo resizer application for Windows. Give it a try !

Nibiru/Planet X photos taken January 2008 (NibiruShock2012)