Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Siachen Bound. by Anoop Negi
A bunch of nomads cross over the waters of the river Shyok enroute to Siachen and its lower reaches. The Siachen glacier is in the Karakoram range and this area is sometimes dubbed as the 3rd Pole. It is glaciated,cold, inhospitable and the highest battleground on earth. The average height is about 20000 feet and temperatures in winter are at about -50 degrees celsius. Frankly I could be wrong, these nomads could well be headed to another more hospitable valley like Nubra on the old Kasghar route. Dates Taken on November 12, 2010 at 2.03PM IST (edit) Posted to Flickr June 11, 2013 at 12.10PM IST (edit) Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640) Aperture f/9.0 Focal Length 27 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias -1/3 EV Flash No Flash _DSC6939 2 exp bnw mix http://flic.kr/p/eJrZqx
- posted by sankarshan @ 6/11/2013 08:03:00 PM
