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PHOTO: Mount Everest, in two billion pixels
The Washington Post
Anup Kaphle
12/18/2012
Excerpt:
You must have seen thousands of photographs of Everest. But there have been none like this:
Image shows Khumbu glacier from Pumori viewpoint near Mt. Everest.
[Click (on the photo shown in the original article) to see the panoramic image of the Himalaya in gigapixel navigation]
According to NPR, the image is the result of a project by David Breashears, who has already climbed the highest mountain in the world five times. He used old images of Everest and its glaciers and combined them with new ones.
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View the complete article, including stunning, high resolution, panoramic photo of Mt. Everest and surrounding landscape, at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...illion-pixels/
The Washington Post
Anup Kaphle
12/18/2012
Excerpt:
You must have seen thousands of photographs of Everest. But there have been none like this:
Image shows Khumbu glacier from Pumori viewpoint near Mt. Everest.
[Click (on the photo shown in the original article) to see the panoramic image of the Himalaya in gigapixel navigation]
According to NPR, the image is the result of a project by David Breashears, who has already climbed the highest mountain in the world five times. He used old images of Everest and its glaciers and combined them with new ones.
...............................
View the complete article, including stunning, high resolution, panoramic photo of Mt. Everest and surrounding landscape, at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...illion-pixels/