QITNL
climber
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Dec 13, 2012 - 12:29am PT
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Here's the best version I could find:
Looks like one of those maps you see at a Visitors Center.
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Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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Dec 13, 2012 - 12:32am PT
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Wow skunked big time.
Whoever clicked the photo didn't check the latitude longitude.
Live and learn.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 13, 2012 - 12:43am PT
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ya i was thinking Nuptse and Lhotse were just obscured a bit in front...but it was an issue..
even that real map is confusing as f*#k to be honest...lol
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 13, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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damn - it's up by Jammu and Kashmir...lol
i wanna go
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Donald Thompson
Trad climber
Los Angeles,CA
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Dec 13, 2012 - 12:52am PT
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Take a GPS with you .LOL.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:03am PT
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Cool photo.
Took a look at this thread earlier and bhilden’s question got me thinking. When I took a closer look at the “Everest” photo from the space station, things just didn’t make sense and the shapes weren’t right. So, I took a look at (the real) Everest on Google Earth (forget the maps…) and the space station photo didn’t match any angles of Everest as viewed on Google Earth – not even close.
The photo was taken last month, and given that Everest is in the northern hemisphere, the photo view has to be looking somewhat northward, given the direction of the shadows. So the photo view can’t be looking south, from Tibet.
Saser Kangri, elevation 25,170 ft. (according to Google Earth), is in the area between Pakistan, India, and Tibet.
Here’s a Google Earth view, compared to the space station photo below. Note the white forked pattern in the glacier in the upper section of both images.
Edit:
Riley, your mega link kinda jacks up the page. Try this one instead…
http://anupkumarchaturvedi.com/0001_279.jpg
or…
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:15am PT
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Your uncle would have nailed this one right away Minerals...lol
edit - deleted Brian
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:17am PT
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Maybe, maybe not!
Thanks for taking care of the link.
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gimmeslack
Trad climber
VA
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Dec 13, 2012 - 06:35am PT
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Having just gotten back from a month in the Khumbu, i felt like the maps were pretty clear in my head - so the photo was kicking my butt! Truth is I was embarrassed to ask since i was totally lost!!
Saser Kangri!! Thanks for the G-Earth Mineral ;-)
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Dec 13, 2012 - 06:40am PT
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Looks like a zit.
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local
Social climber
eldorado springs
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Dec 13, 2012 - 08:20am PT
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This is the definitive view
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Dec 13, 2012 - 08:23am PT
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Looks pretty easy, what's all the huhbub?
DMT
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 13, 2012 - 08:38am PT
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just like them Rooskies to knott know where they are at!
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 13, 2012 - 09:46am PT
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:35pm PT
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He was off by about 700miles. So at 18000mph it seems he took the picture about 2 minutes and 20 seconds early.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:48pm PT
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luckily he didnt navigate HIMSELF to the space station...
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 13, 2012 - 01:52pm PT
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heh yeah it's tricky stuff. Try finding Everest on google earth by spinning the earth randomly turning off all markers and not orienting north to the top. Throw some clouds in, give yourself a 500+ mile field of view and see if you can pick out the right peak within 2 minutes which is about all the time you will have to get the shot once it is even viewable.
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Dec 13, 2012 - 02:01pm PT
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Could be Sazer Kangri, but diffenetly not Everest. The surrounding topography isn't even close. Niether are the lowlands surrounding the massive.
TY
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