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The Himalayas As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

NASA

July 19, 2022

Filed under Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Tibet

The Himalayas As Seen From Orbit — Himalayas

NASA

This photograph from the International Space Station looks across the snow-capped Himalayas and into southern China as the orbiting lab flew 262 miles above India.

iss067e107529 (June 3, 2022) – larger image

Keith Cowing

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

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