Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit

Photo: Region Around Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit
Keith’s note: This image was aquired by the ISS crew on 6 January 2011. Although the summit if Everest itself is just out of frame, you can see Everest Base Camp where Scott Parazynski lived and most of the lower portion of Scott’s climb to the summit. Basecamp is about half a kilometer from the bottom of the Khumbu icefall and is located in the lower right hand portion of this image, to the right of the “e” in “Khumbutse” (where the red dot is).