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

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

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Post by reaperhulk »

krenoten wrote: post #57
jordan0day wrote: post #25

Wow, I was thinking to myself: "Jeez, look at all that trash those climbers have left on the mountain!" Then I zoomed in some more, and realized the "trash" was actually tents.

Actually, a TON of trash gets left there. Oxygen tanks especially. Also- if you die there, expect to stay put.

Oxygen bottles are not nearly the problem they used to be due to programs in the late 90s and on where companies paid Sherpas (and other climbers) for bringing empties back off the mountain. There's also been a concerted effort to pick up trash starting ~1990 (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day_20_International_Peac...)

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

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Post by dsrguru »

pdeuchler wrote: post #33
jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

I don't know why it's not noted on the controls, but for me Shift -> zoom in, Cmd -> zoom out and arrow keys to move around.

Thanks! CTRL -> zoom out here on Linux (and presumably Windows)

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

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Post by RyanMcGreal »

jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

People-finder for the lazy: http://i.imgur.com/IIcJL.jpg

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

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Post by chimi »

jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

There's a little icon at the bottom to "Change Control Mode." Click it and the inversion reverses.

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

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Post by moe »

PhrosTT wrote: post #41
jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

For those looking: 1. Of the 3 mountains, look at the peak of the center one (Lhotse). 2. Below that, the right half is big chunky snow, and the left half is smooth, icey looking snow. 3. Look at the line where the smooth left half meets the chunky right half. - Halfway up that you can find CAMP 3. [You'll see little ant people marching up that centerline - follow them to their tents.] Also once you see CAMP 3, you a…

For anyone who is still looking: http://f.cl.ly/items/3w2j2h0a1a3h0M1K0i3l/ppl.jpg

(you can only see the people at max zoom-level, they are really tiny)

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

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Post by danhodgins »

I only found the climbers after looking at this Everest route map:

http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2010/routes-maps

Look for camp 3. You have to zoom all the way in, and look at where the rough snow meets the smooth snow. You'll see some super tiny yellow dots, those are the tents. The tiny black specks just to the left are climbers.

The sense of scale in the Himalayas is almost unfathomable.....

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

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Post by mpweiher »

skandl wrote: post #30

Wow this is captivating, but panning with the mouse on a desktop is so frustrating, the image movement is opposite what I expect! (browsing on a desktop, Windows/Chrome)

Yeah, panning with the mouse was awful, but with the keyboard it became a real joy, and I started finding the climbers.

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

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Post by btilly »

Aardwolf wrote: post #62
PhrosTT wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those looking: 1. Of the 3 mountains, look at the peak of the center one (Lhotse). 2. Below that, the right half is big chunky snow, and the left half is smooth, icey looking snow. 3. Look at the line where the smooth left half meets the chunky right half. - Halfway up that you can find CAMP 3. [You'll see little ant people marching up that centerline - follow them to their tents.] Also once you see CAMP 3, you a…

Thanks for this explanation, I wouldn't have seen that part otherwise. At first I wasn't sure which peak you meant exactly, but once I picked the right one I found it. None of those little ant people are really climbing though. Also, the resolution should have been much more than a gigapixel to make that part more interesting :) I immediately saw the HUGE tent camp in the front though.

You're probably right about those little ant people.

Climbing Mount Everest is more dangerous than attempting suicide!

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