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Old 08-06-2008, 07:40 PM
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Speaking of clear images I happened to be reading an article on Wikipedia recently and found this amazingly clear image of the Mt Everest / Himalaya's region, guess which particular Space Station this was taken from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H..._annotated.jpg

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" The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station looking south-south-east over the Tibetan Plateau. Four of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, mountains higher than 8000 metres, can be seen, Makalu (8462 m), Everest (8850 m), Lhotse (8516 m) and Cho Oyu (8201 m). The South Col Route is Mount Everest's most often used climbing route. "


For those interested here's the original article in full:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
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