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Original – Mount Everest as seen from the aircraft of Drukair in Bhutan. The aircraft is south of the mountains, facing north.
Reason
This picture is taken from a very large distance and considering the distance, picture is of good quality. It must also be considered that, there are constant presence of clouds in upper atmosphere. This picture is taken from aircraft and the photographer had steady hands. The pictures taken from this angle has to be taken from aircraft as standing on ground to take picture of Mount Everest, won't give this parallel shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Mount Everest
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The creator of the image is Durova and digitally altered by Papa Lima Whiskey 2