The Highest GigaPan Panoramas Ever Taken On Earth's Surface

“On 20 May 2009 astronaut Scott Parazynski became the first person to have both travelled in space and to stand atop the summit of Mt. Everest. From that vantage point he was able to view a stunning “orbital sunrise” – one not unlike what he had seen during his five space missions.
On his way up the mountain Parazynski managed to capture two GigaPan panoramas – stunningly huge images that are likely to be the highest images of their kind ever taken on the surface of the Earth.
This is a portion of the GigaPan panorama taken by Scott Parazynski at Mount Everest’s Camp IV at 26,000 feet (7,924 meters) at approximately 10 am local time, May 19, 2009. The saddle between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world) is also known as theSouth Col can be seen. TheChallenger Center Everest team believes that this is the highest GigaPan image ever taken on the surface of the Earth.”
Full story and images at onorbit.com