American space agency NASA has shared a spectacular glimpse of snow-covered Himalayan peaks – as observed from space. The world’s highest mountain variety seems above the vibrant city lights of New Delhi in the photograph shared by NASA on social media. According to the space agency, the enhanced, extended-exposure image was captured by a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
“The snow-covered Himalayan Mountains are in splendid view in this enhanced, long-exposure image taken by a crew member aboard the @iss,” NASA wrote although sharing the image. “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.”
On the proper side of the image, or to the south of the Himalayas, lies the “agriculturally fertile region of northern India and Pakistan.”
“The bright city lights of New Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan, are also visible below the faint, orange airglow of atmospheric particles reacting to solar radiation,” wrote NASA.
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Since getting posted a day ago, the photograph has garnered more than 1.2 lakh ‘likes’ and dozens of comments.
“Woah this is beautiful,” wrote a single Instagram user. “Absolutely stunning. So magical,” a further mentioned.
This is not the initially time that NASA has shared a breathtaking view of the Earth from space. Earlier this year, a NASA astronaut captured an extraordinary video of lightning from the ISS.