General Discussion

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:06 PM Jul 2015

Siren of the Himalayas - Spellbinding images not of this world...K2, world's 2nd highest peak.

Photographer captures stunning pictures of Pakistani glacier using a drone after treacherous three week hike through the Himalayas

* Images captured by David Kaszlikowski in the Karakoram region of Pakistan during three week Himalayan trek

* Show the changing Concordia, where the Baltoro Glacier and the Godwin-Austen Glacier come together

* Were taken using a drone-mounted camera near to K2, the second highest mountain in the world

* Mr Kaszlikowski said the landscape is constantly changing and no-one will capture the same pictures again

Out of this world: At the heart of the glacier Mr Kaszilowski found this unusual formation, which he captured in the day and after dark

Stunning: The stars appear to be moving across the night sky in this image taken near K2, the world's second highest mountain

Frozen in time: The Polish photographer used a camera-mounted drone to capture this picture during a three week trek of the Himalayas

Spellbinding: Mr Kaszlikowski said: 'The place was special, it was disappearing, melting, and changing its form every day'

Magnificent: Mr Kaszlikowski was in the Himalayas to shoot the HBO documentary, K2 Touching the Sky, and used the drone during breaks

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3179503/In-shadow-K2-Photographer-captures-stunning-pictures-Pakistani-glacier-using-drone-treacherous-three-week-hike-Himalayas.html

_______________________

Fairyland of ice and rock. Phantasmagorical. The pros say K2 is a MUCH tougher climb than Everest. It's the 'mountaineer's mountain'.

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Siren of the Himalayas - Spellbinding images not of this world...K2, world's 2nd highest peak. (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP

As a child, I'd NEVER heard of K2. closeupready Jul 2015 #1

Much more mystical and magic than Everest, I agree. Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #2

I'm a big climbing buff, cwydro Jul 2015 #3

Pleasure! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #4

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

1. As a child, I'd NEVER heard of K2.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:16 PM

Jul 2015

Then after college, my boyfriend rented the film, "K2", from Blockbuster. Wow. (Really good film, by the way - probably a 9 out of 10 stars, IMHO.)

Ever since then, I've been fascinated with the mountain. Its reputation for lethality and its isolation make it only that much more alluring to me.