"The NYPD is securing the location as it would a crime scene, documenting it photographically, " the statement said.

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Some doctors and nurses have been tempted to document their stories photographically though.

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But the movie rewards the effort, and not just photographically, though there's something to be said for simply sitting back and taking in the sights and colors.

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Not just any old periodic table, but the most photographically breathtaking version ever created, encased in sturdy plastic and enlivened by "lenticular technology, " the technique that uses linear lens elements laminated over a specially processed image to create a convincing 3D effect.

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Phone cameras with up to five megapixels are becoming available, but InVisage, a small firm based in Menlo Park, California, hopes to leap from that to a photographically respectable 12 megapixels, without an increase in size or cost, by adding tiny crystals called quantum dots to the process.

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