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8,000-meter Peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram

The geologic story of the world’s tallest mountains is one that began some 40 million years ago.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story 8,000-meter Peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using data from the Blue Marble and GTOPO30.

Published January 28, 2014
Data acquired August 1, 2004