Eastern Tibet Landscape Photo

Photographer’s Note

Another view taken through the window of an aircraft flying over Eastern Tibet. See previous image for more information. I particularly liked the fluffy cloud surrounding some of the peaks in the bottom of the image. Hard to imagine a road going through these mountains. Part of the new proposed rail-road between Golmud and Lhasa will be built through such a landscape. When the rail-road will be finished, it will be the world's highest altitude railroad, reaching heights of 5,000 metres in some places and with some sections built over permafrost. Some say that the Chinese railroad will be the final nail in the coffin for Tibetan culture. Regardless of its outcome, Chinese occupation of Tibet continues. And yes, there are Chinese nuclear-waste dumps in Tibet, one is near a lake, consequently those areas are out of bounds to tourists.

The image was scanned and the colour was slightly adjusted to reduce the blue. Levels were used to even out the tones and the image was slightly sharpened.

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Rockyboy (20580) 2003-11-17 15:02

It is again a nice photo on TE... The coulds with those peaks are wonderful and dark blue confirm hightest altitude.

Fredrik77 (1279) 2003-11-17 17:09

Very nice and impressive view! Altough it was taken trough a window you managed to get it clear and focused and without disturbing reflections.

clodreno (0) 2003-11-18 7:27

What a nice view. Do you know by any chance some of those summit's name?. Where were you exactly when you took this shot..
Amazingly sharp for a picture from a plane.

sekl (2017) 2003-11-18 12:20

Tremendous view. The clouds look like boiling milk. Wonder if there are mountaineers over there at the moment :-)
Very sad thing about Tibet. But guess it is inevitable :-(

kourosh (2368) 2003-11-21 8:10

very interesting capture. white peaks look like icebergs floating in an ocean of clouds. good work.
it's the everest, isn't it? ;-)

cdewet (0) 2003-11-22 7:56

A stunning picture, taken the shooting circumstances. A true TE picture about our planet and its wild places. There are snow leopards in those mountains, Yak and yeti - I wish.

maciekda (19587) 2003-11-24 2:07

you had a great view through the window! very nice shot!

mcreider (673) 2003-12-04 16:23

A certain talent is needed to take an impressive picture through the window of a plane, when almost everything looks beautiful - and quite often appears rather boring as a shot.

steeve (1491) 2003-12-29 9:16

It's quiet an amazing scene. The quality and sharpness is good regarding the fact that the pic has been taken from the window. Well done Miroslawa. Free Tibet... Happy Hollidays.

rajhema (1863) 2005-11-22 10:57

Wow! part of the land is covered by clouds completely. A spectacular presentation Miroslawa.