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Journey to Shipton’s Lost Arch << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Snowy Peaks at Sunrise Photograph by Gordon Wiltsie After a windy night camping on Lake Karakul, southwest of Kashgar, expedition member Mark Newcomb awakens to a view of Mount Muztaghata, a 24,757-foot (7,546-meter) peak whose name means “father of the ice mountains.” Camera: Nikon 8008 Film Type: Fujichrome Velvia 50 Lens: 35-70mm f/2.8 Speed and F-Stop: 1/250 @ f/5.6 Weather Conditions: Not recorded Time of Day: Dawn Lighting Techniques: Natural light

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