12. Summit of Nanga Parbat viewed from Shagin Glacier. The Rupal Face seen here in profile is one of the steepest large-scale pieces of topography on the planet - 5km vertical relief in ~2km horizontal distance.

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Image copyright © 1997 M.A. Edwards.
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