Space pictures of Nepal, Tibet and the Himalaya

West Nepal seen from the east

"Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center." See http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov, Part of Picture STS 088-720, addaption Andrées de Ruiter www.nepal-dia.de

On the left corner one can see the Manaslu , Annapurna and Daulagiri Himal with the deep valley of the Kali Gandaki river. You also can see the valley of manang with the thorong la. In the upper part there are the lakes of rakas tal and manasrovar and the nmountain Kailash.

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