Climber, Filmmaker releases gigapixel image of Khumbu glacier
A climber and a filmmaker have taken an impressive image of Mount Everest allowing viewers to the mountain in great detail.
The due created the two billion pixel image to outline the affects of climate change on the area surrounding Mount Everest. The giant image of the Khumbu glacier is made of 477 individual images that were taken by David Breashears during the spring of 2012 from the Pumori viewpoint near Mount Everest through a 300-millimeter lens.
Breashears said that the image shows the hustle and bustle of Everest Base Camp as well as the Khumbu Icefall in the area. The detailed image includes sites of base camps, mountains and Khumbh icefall and the users are able to zoom in great detail.
He said, "It's just extraordinary and we're so excited by that image, and people love clicking on things and zooming in. We want to tell the bigger story of climate change in the area, and we are working with Microsoft and the Royal Geographical Society on this."
The team is now planning to take 1,20,000 pictures from helicopter and include people on all part of the mountain. They are planning to take a 'before and after' picture to showcase the impact of climate change on the region from 1921 to present.