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Karakoram, 2023.06.23

While flying between Dubai and Tokyo I realized we were flying over the Karakoram. I think the mountain in the center of the horizon might be K2. It has the right profile.the

The horizon's not 100% straight in this pic but this actually reflects the plane's banking and rocking anyway so I'm not fussed.

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud