Mt Everest From Space

In addition to looking heavenward nasa helps the world see the earth in ways no one else can.
Mt everest from space. One under appreciated space asset is the photography skills of the russian cosmonauts on board the international space station. 26 2003 astronauts on board the international space station took advantage of their unique vantage point to photograph the himalayas looking south from over the tibetan plateau. Russian cosmonaut yuri malenchenko recently snapped a shot of mount everest from his perch 230 miles 370 kilometers above earth on the international space station. Everest in late march 2002.
Everest in the himalayan range. The mountain is near frame center. Mount everest seen from space. Mount everest seen from space.
27 765 feet and everest right 8 850 meters. Iss004 e 8852 20 march 2002 astronaut daniel w. By nepal8thwonder july 21 2020 one under appreciated space asset is the photography skills of the russian cosmonauts on board the international space station. Oleg artemyev not visible in this photo are the khumbu icefall and western cwm which both lie hidden in the deep gap between everest and nuptse.
The photo shows the peak of. Here are the notes bursch added in one of his reports to ground controllers. 29 035 feet at the heights typically flown by commercial. 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 everest massif from the international space station photo. I glanced at our world map and saw that we d be passing near mt everest soon. Astronaut dan bursch a member of the expedition 4 crew on the international space station observed mt. They are extremely skillful photographers who don t get the same recognition as their astronaut counterparts in their earth observation skills.
The perspective is illustrated by the summits of makalu left 8 462 meters.