It would be good to add a line under the Wolfram Alpha image to explain just how big that number is; maybe the number of 0s?
I like the nice explanation of what happens when you reduce the size and the colour range. Perhaps the author should add in one more final step? A 50 x 50 size image, of just two colours? 2^(50^2) is still a pretty big number.
This is an interesting though experiment, thanks for writing. I'd note that some of it does not make sense to me. For example, you can't cover every angle of a photo because that is a non-discrete measurement.
It would be good to add a line under the Wolfram Alpha image to explain just how big that number is; maybe the number of 0s?
I like the nice explanation of what happens when you reduce the size and the colour range. Perhaps the author should add in one more final step? A 50 x 50 size image, of just two colours? 2^(50^2) is still a pretty big number.