Himalayas
View of the Himalayas, including Everest and Makalu, from the International Space Station.
Downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory, March 30, 2009.
Image coutesy NASA. You are looking to the south from 200 nautical miles (360 km) above the ground, across an 80 mile (130 km) width of the Himalayas. According to NASA, "the summits of Makalu [left (8,462 meters; 27,765 feet)] and Everest [right (8,850 meters; 29,035 feet)] are at the heights typically flown by commercial aircraft."
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Composite panorama of entire Himalaya
Larger image with names of selected peaks Image courtesy NASA and Janderk Jan Derk, aquired from Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalaya_annotated.jpg on March 30, 2009.
Image coutesy NASA. You are looking to the south from 200 nautical miles (360 km) above the ground, across an 80 mile (130 km) width of the Himalayas. According to NASA, "the summits of Makalu [left (8,462 meters; 27,765 feet)] and Everest [right (8,850 meters; 29,035 feet)] are at the heights typically flown by commercial aircraft."
Larger image
Composite panorama of entire Himalaya Larger image with names of selected peaks Image courtesy NASA and Janderk Jan Derk, aquired from Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalaya_annotated.jpg on March 30, 2009.Questions for thought
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