Mt Everest From Space
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.
Mt everest from space. 27 765 feet and everest right 8 850 meters. 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. 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.
They are extremely skillful. Bursch flight engineer for expedition four aboard the international space station used a digital still camera to capture this image of mt. Mount everest seen from space.
One morning i happened to be up early. One under appreciated space asset is the photography skills of the russian cosmonauts on board the international space station. 29 035 feet at the heights typically flown by commercial.
They are extremely skillful photographers who don t get the same recognition as their astronaut counterparts in their earth observation skills. Mount everest seen from space. The photo shows the peak of.
Astronaut dan bursch a member of the expedition 4 crew on the international space station observed mt. Here are the notes bursch added in one of his reports to ground controllers. Iss004 e 8852 20 march 2002 astronaut daniel w.
Everest in the himalayan range. The perspective is illustrated by the summits of makalu left 8 462 meters. I glanced at our world map and saw that we d be passing near mt everest soon.