8,000-meter Peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram.The photo from space taken in August 2004 shows the
8,000-meter Peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram.The photo from space taken in August 2004 shows the highest part of the Himalaya-Karakoram. Peaks over 8,000 meters are marked by red circles. All of the world’s 8,000 meter or higher peaks are show.The green area on the lower third of the photo is the Indo-Gangetic Plain, mostly at elevations of less than 1,000 meters, while the brown in the upper section is the Tibetian Plateau, mostly above 5,000 meters.Source: NASA Earth Observatory. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82581&src=eoa-iotd -- source link
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