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Description These are two photostitches that I took from l'Aguille du Midi, which is a mountain station around 3842 meters above sea level. The view is from the Southern mountains looking toward the valley and the Northern set of mountains.

One might notice two analogous stitches, with the one on top being cloudy and bluish while the one at the bottom having clear and sunny weather. The stitch at the top was taken on October 4th, while the one at the bottom was taken on the 5th. In a span of 24 hours, the weather had basically flipped over itself.

During the 4th of October, we had a temperature of around -15 degrees centigrade, with lots of clouds, snow, and high winds. The day after, the temperature was slightly below freezing, with clear sunny skies, and just a few gusts of wind every now and then.

Mountaineers often recount that up in the mountains, the weather is very fickle; and that one must not allow a calm day's weather lull one into complacency. It was very true with my bit of Alpine experience.

October 4 & 5, 2008
l'Aguille du Midi
Chamonix Mont-Blanc
France
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Comments: 7

josephacheng [2009-06-30 09:48:40 +0000 UTC]

You bring your tripod or just do it with what you have?

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Grafs In reply to josephacheng [2009-06-30 10:42:54 +0000 UTC]

I only use tripods when the sun goes down; never when its up. For all the panoramic stitches shot during broad daylight, I use the naturally-endowed gyroscope - the human body. Heheh.

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josephacheng In reply to Grafs [2009-06-30 10:52:50 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see

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anti00gravity [2009-06-29 11:12:39 +0000 UTC]

oh my freaking gosh!

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Grafs In reply to anti00gravity [2009-06-29 13:48:59 +0000 UTC]

why gine? O_O

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anti00gravity In reply to Grafs [2009-06-29 14:31:15 +0000 UTC]

ITS SO NICE!

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Grafs In reply to anti00gravity [2009-06-30 01:18:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks Gine; glad you like it!

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