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A Stunning Two Billion Pixel Photo Is the Safest Way To Explore Mount Everest

Posted December 19, 2012 10:37 AM

From Gizmodo:

Not only has filmmaker David Breashears climbed Mount Everest on five different occasions, he's visited the world's tallest peak 15 times in his career as he works to document the effects of climate change on the mountain. And fortunately for those of us who will never have the chance to see Everest in real life, let alone climb it, Breashers created a stunning gigapixel photo of the mountain and the Khumbu glacier earlier in the year.

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12/20/2012 9:31 AM

Wow! Just plain, old fashioned, Wow!

CR4 blog team and Gizmodo, ya done good! Thanks for this.

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12/20/2012 11:36 AM

Has anyone found wally yet?

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12/20/2012 3:17 PM

He's inside one of the red tents.

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12/21/2012 9:02 AM

That's awesome!

Darn. I was going to go climb Everest too.

I think it's best explored from a warm chair, accompanied with a cold adult beverage.

I did it!!!!!!!!

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