Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris

Surprisingly small when viewed in real life at the Louvre (once you get through all the mob to be able to see it)

I agree, but she is captivating. I had the chance to see her again one January. Almost no one was around! Completely different experience.

NASA fires Mona Lisa at the MOON! The portrait was sent via lasers pixel by pixel and then reconstructed by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in order to test the laser as a communication device with far-away satellites.