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Glaciers carve their way through the Karakoram mountain range

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
September 1, 2023
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Glaciers carve their way through the Karakoram mountain range
glaciers carving their way through the Karakoram mountain range north of the Himalayas
NASA

What looks like highways going through a metropolitan area are actually a series of glaciers carving their way through the Karakoram mountain range north of the Himalayas.

This photograph was taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above.

iss069e060266 (Aug. 15, 2023) – larger image

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