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A Unique View of the Karakoram Range

This photograph from the International Space Station shows the central Karakoram, the highest concentration of 8,000-meter (26,247 foot) mountains on Earth. Read more: The Eight-Thousanders.


(Astronaut photograph ISS037-E-017916 courtesy NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.)

Published December 11, 2013
Data acquired October 23, 2013

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ISS > Digital Camera
Collections:
Astronaut Photography
Visible Earth