View from Camp 3 on Everest, Tibet
This is taken from the highest campsite in the world! 8300m or about 27,000ft above sealevel, this is the altitude where many planes fly and other do not even get to, looking down on the weather instead of getting bothered by it :-)
We had planned to go for the summit the nigh before, but when waking up at midnight the storm was so incredible strong that we could not leave our tents for the next hours and when it got better it was too late to go up safely. So we waited until the next night and just before sunset I could capture a part of the wonderful view that was opening around us, straight from my tent that was perched on a sloping rock-platform.

Only a small part of the view actually as it was taken with a 20D and a 50mm lens (80mm effectively), but somehow this narrow cut out gives a better sense of space. In the upper left corner you can see part of the Cho Oyu massif (8201m), on the right is Changtse, more than 7500m high, but from here it looks like a small hill...
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Sattva 1 year ago
Very nice image...and the informative note is invaluable!

Best regards.
Harry Kikstra  Thank you Sattva, much appreciated
Jason Langley 5 years ago
I feel like I'm falling just looking at the small jpg. I can not even image how incredible it must have been to actually be behind the lens in this moment.
Vernon Trent 5 years ago
I'm speechless....thanks for sharing. respect!

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Equipment
Canon EOS 20D
Location
Everest, Tibet
Date
20050601
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