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| Tibetan Plateau - Dhaulagiri: Sight from the Northwest |
Dhaulagiri,
seventh-highest peak in the world (26,794 ft/8167 m)
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Dhaulagiri dominates the skyline
in this image taken by the Expedition 1 crew from the International Space
Station using a high-magnification lens. |
Although
it looks like a view from a high-altitude airplane, the photograph was
taken out of the window of the Space Station from an orbital altitude of
200 nautical miles (370 km). The view is southeastward across the southern
Tibetan Plateau of China, to the Dhaulagiri Range of the Himalayas in central
Nepal. The upper reaches of the more than 1,500-mile-long Brahmaputra River,
which enters the Indian Ocean near Calcutta, are within the broad, high
(about 17,000 ft) valley in the foreground. Uplift of the Himalayas continues
today, at a rate of several millimeters per year, in response to the continuing
collision of India with Eurasia that began about 70 million years ago.
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region is home to hundreds of species of rare plants and animals, including
the snow leopard and blue or Tibetan sheep. Dhaulagiri is a significant
destination for trekkers and climbers - the clear, dry days of autumn bring
about half the yearly total of visitors.
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