Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by matthodan » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 4:41 PM UTC

Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)
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Post by alimoeeny » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 4:54 PM UTC

What is the point? are you load testing S3 or something?

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Post by DavidAdams » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 4:58 PM UTC

alimoeeny wrote: post #2

What is the point? are you load testing S3 or something?

The point is that the creation of that high-resolution image of Everest is a noteworthy technological achievement, and most people have never seen such a high quality photograph of our planet's highest mountain before.

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Post by albinoloverats » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:03 PM UTC

Yes, I did - but by pure luck :p

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Post by rcamera » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:03 PM UTC

Nice photograph and interface. How was the photograph actually composed?

Found them... Spoiler: http://imgur.com/zpyOg

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:04 PM UTC

alimoeeny wrote: post #2

What is the point? are you load testing S3 or something?

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Post by pmoehring » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:04 PM UTC

When you follow http://www.alanarnette.com/downloads/everestsouthroutemap.jp... this picture you can see the route. I had a hard time seeing any of the climbers until I knew where to look.

Point C3 is the last place you can actually see humans (& tents), C4 is already more of a guess.

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Post by crikli » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:05 PM UTC

Others will be able to fill in more detail as I'm just going off memory here, but I think this is taken from the Nepalese side.

The ice field just above Base Camp (which, wow, look at all those tents) is the Khumbu Icefall, which climbers must scale to en route to the South Col.

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Post by krschultz » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

I'm amazed not by the mountain - but by the size of the camp in the valley. I knew a lot of people climbed Mt Everest, but that't practically a small city.

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Post by crikli » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:06 PM UTC

pmoehring wrote: post #7

When you follow http://www.alanarnette.com/downloads/everestsouthroutemap.jp... this picture you can see the route. I had a hard time seeing any of the climbers until I knew where to look. Point C3 is the last place you can actually see humans (& tents), C4 is already more of a guess.

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