Earth

Khumbu Glacier and Mount Everest Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

December 28, 2014

Filed under Earth, Everest, Landsat, Mountains, NASA, Nepal

Khumbu Glacier and Mount Everest Seen From Orbit — Khumbu Glacier and Everest

NASA

In this image you can see that many southern-facing Himalayan glaciers–including Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest–have debris on their lower slopes.
Read more here: Painted Glaciers.

NASA Landsat 8 image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon. Larger image

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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