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Mount Everest as seen from an aircraft from airline company Drukair in Bhutan. The aircraft is south of the mountains, facing north.
Date 2012-02-03 11:18 (UTC)
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  • derivative work: Papa Lima Whiskey 2 ( talk)


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File change date and time 11:18, 3 February 2012
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Date metadata was last modified 08:49, 3 August 2008

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