Science and Exploration

The Sierra Nevada Mountains As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
August 17, 2021
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The Sierra Nevada Mountains As Seen From Orbit

Pyramid Lake (upper right) in Nevada; Lake Tahoe (lower left) in California; and the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains are pictured from the International Space Station as it was orbiting 262 miles above the southwestern United States.
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SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.