The peak, on the border between Nepal and China, is almost exactly in the center of the photograph.
New snow seems to be confined to the highest peaks.
Abundant details of glacier surfaces, including moraines, crevasse fields, and ice falls are displayed for study. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,858 meters, was photographed by the STS-66 crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis from 165 nautical miles above the Earth. Abundant details of glacier surfaces, including moraines, crevasse fields and ice falls are displayed for study.