NASA shares picture of snow-covered Himalayas, Delhi’s city lights captured from space
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared a spectacular image of the snow-covered Himalayan mountains from space on Tuesday. The long-exposure photo which was captured by a crew member aboard the International Space Station also features the city lights of Delhi and Lahore.
"The snow-covered Himalayan Mountains are in splendid view in this enhanced, long-exposure image taken by a crew member aboard the @iss. The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas are the result of 50 million years of collisions between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates," NASA wrote while sharing the image.
"South of the range, or to the right from this perspective, lies the agriculturally fertile region of northern India and Pakistan. North of the range, or to the left from this perspective, is the more arid Tibetan Plateau — the “Roof of the World," the space agency added.
The picture also captures the ‘orange airglow’, which is the result of atmospheric particles reacting to solar radiation.
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