Science and Exploration

The Himalayas As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing

Press Release

March 16, 2021

Filed under Himalayas, NASA, OnOrbit

The Himalayas As Seen From Orbit — Himalayas

NASA

The photograph looks across India, the Himalayas, and into China as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above. A waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above the Earth’s horizon.
iss064e037041 (Feb. 23, 2021) – larger image

Keith Cowing

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

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