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Nepal epilogue: The Lukla Airport
 
Composite picture of a landing
 
Composite of a takeoff.
 
Another composite of a takeoff

The Lukla Airport sits at 9380 feet of elevation. The runaway is at an angle and is just shy of 1500 feet. There is very little room for error as the runaway ends on the side of the mountain. Sir Edmund Hillary directed the construction of he runway. His wife and one of his children actually died here after a crash land. This airport is the gateway to Mount Everest, unless you are willing to trek an additional five days just to get here.

 

These pictures are all Photoshop composites of at least three pictures each.
COMMENTS
Noe said at 1:20 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
Excellent edition work!! Very nice...
DocEna said at 2:01 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
Great job..nice shots
Candlepower said at 2:16 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
Really well done!
Tishfish said at 2:31 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
Absolutely stunning! ! ! ! ! !
Pkeener said at 5:47 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
great work on this rich. you have some experiences here that would take lifetimes for most people...
LatentE said at 9:27 p.m. on Feb 11, 2008:
It looks very busy for a small one runway airport with closely stacked takeoffs and landings. Oops! That's the image editing.
Hhwind said at 12:38 a.m. on Feb 12, 2008:
Wow what an adventure, love the composite pictures, well done thanks for sharing
Rheap said at 7:42 p.m. on Feb 14, 2008:
Brilliant editing jobs on these.. Awesome images!!
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