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By   Nicole Rae   @simmerandshoot   ·   On December 30, 2011 Yesterday, we posted a piece about the amazing light painting of  Brian Matthew Hart . If you thought that was impressive, you’re going to love this. According to  Video Mapping Blog , video projection mapping is “an exciting new projection technique that can turn almost any surface into a dynamic video display. Specialized software is used to warp and mask the projected image to make it fit perfectly on irregularly shaped screens. When done right, the end result is a dynamic projection installation that transcends ordinary video projection.” Uh, yeah. Translation: “it looks awesome”. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates National Day,  Obscura Digital  put together this incredible light display using video projection mapping onto the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. They used forty-four projectors to cover the 600 x 351 foot high surface ...