Photo #: ISS066-E-86253 Date: Dec. 2021 Geographic Region: CHINA Feature: MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS, GLACIER |
Close-Up of Mount Everest An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this near-nadir (almost straight down) photograph of Mount Everest. Such imagery provides a unique perspective on Earth’s tallest mountain (on dry land), which towers approximately 8848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level. This world-renowned summit sits on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau—a region sometimes called the “Roof of the World.” Everest continues to rise skyward by approximately 1 centimeter per year due to the progressive uplift of the crust caused by the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Many glaciers flow down from the high snow-covered peaks on the plateau. As glaciers descend to lower and warmer elevations, much of the moving ice mass becomes obscured by rock debris (known as moraines) that accumulates on the top, sides, and terminus of the ice. As the glaciers melt, debris entrained in the ice can be deposited as sediments that geologists call glacial till. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 501k |
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Mission: | ISS066 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 86253 |
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Geographical Name: | CHINA |
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Features: | MOUNT EVEREST, HIMALAYAS, GLACIER |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 28.0N x 86.9E |
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Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 37 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 400 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Date: | 20211204 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 055504 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 30.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 87.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 179 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 226 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 37 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | GLACIERS, MOUNTAIN, PLATEAU |
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Water Views: | ICE, SEA |
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