Mount Everest from the International Space Station

This detailed image of Everest, the highest (29,035 feet, 8850 meters) mountain in the world, shows early morning light on the eastern Kangshung Face. The mountains appear to jump out of the picture because the image was taken with low sunlight using an electronic still camera equipped with an 800 mm lens.

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Astronaut image ISS004-E-8852 was taken on March 20, 2002, from the Space Station and was provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published April 28, 2002
Data acquired March 20, 2002

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography