Stylin_and_Profilin Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Lifted from another forum i'm a member of and was in two minds to put this in the iconic pictures thread from a while back but suffice to say it definitely deserves it's own thread.  As it says on the tin - a gigapixel photograph of Mount Everest.  https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapans/EBC_Pumor..._8bit_FLAT.html  Aside from seeing it in the flesh i guess nothing will do something of this scale the justice it deserves. That being said i've never seen anything like this before in my life. Technology is fucking incredible it really is.  Putting it into perspective the yellow dots along the bottom of the glacier that look like crumbs are actually campsites  Bonus points if you can pick out the various groups on the ascent; i'm struggling but apparently there are a few dotted around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted February 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylin_and_Profilin Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Good point! Sorted now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily Buzzard Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Which of the peaks is the summit? The one on the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 That image is awesome! Â Similar to Hard Rock's memorabilia: http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ Â I like this too although unrelated: http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/bookcase/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Which of the peaks is the summit? The one on the right? Â I think it's the left....great image, brings it home what a utter bastard it must be to climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 ive gotten interested in Mount Everest this last week or so funnily enough, watching some documentaries and things about it. Amazing picture, until i zoomed in on the camp's i really didn't realise how vast the whole thing is, wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznor Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 ive gotten interested in Mount Everest this last week or so funnily enough, watching some documentaries and things about it. Amazing picture, until i zoomed in on the camp's i really didn't realise how vast the whole thing is, wow! I just thought all the colour was litter! Â Spectacular stuff. Â Not Everest, but did you catch that documentary the other night on one of the BBC channels about the North face of the Eiger? That was excellent too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Only just noticed the whole picture rotates to show the valley and all that. Blimey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted February 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 Not Everest, but did you catch that documentary the other night on one of the BBC channels about the North face of the Eiger? That was excellent too yeh i watched it, it's an insane place. I've seen a documentary about the story of the failed 1936 attempt they told on there called The Beckoning Silence, it's well worth looking up. Â I've also got a copy of The North Face, which is a German movie based on the same incident, i haven't got around to watching it yet. The Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction is also based on the North Face, i saw that a year or two back but didn't really have the interest in the mountain then, i'll have to go back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznor Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Not Everest, but did you catch that documentary the other night on one of the BBC channels about the North face of the Eiger? That was excellent too yeh i watched it, it's an insane place. I've seen a documentary about the story of the failed 1936 attempt they told on there called The Beckoning Silence, it's well worth looking up. Â I've also got a copy of The North Face, which is a German movie based on the same incident, i haven't got around to watching it yet. The Clint Eastwood movie, The Eiger Sanction is also based on the North Face, i saw that a year or two back but didn't really have the interest in the mountain then, i'll have to go back to it. The one where the guy was hanging by a rope in full view of everyone for days before he died? Â That's what seems like the most intriguing aspect of that mountain, how it's so close to civilisation and the contrast between the different environments - both the village/resort, and the railway through the mountain with a door straight out onto the madness. Â Like so much of the Swiss (and French) alps, the whole area looks stunning just from pics and browsing street view. Would be some life there! Â Will have to check out those films whenever they're next on, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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