NASA Astronaut Captures Awestriking Image Of Mount Everest From Space! Picture Goes VIRAL

A mind-numbing image of the Himalayan mountain range is floating around on social media, leaving netizens awestruck for all the obvious reasons. Th...

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Our mountain ranges truly are heaven on Earth- at least on the basis of how mesmerising they look. Just a few days ago, not just hilly regions, but a region as flat as Bihar too witnessed the beauty of the Himalayan range- as the mountains, including Mount Everest, became visible from Jainagar- a border town in Madhubani district. The video capturing the snowy mountains standing tall hundreds of kilometres away was hardly out of everyone’s mind, when another image of the Himalayas ended up taking the limelight. Only, this time, the picture was captured from Space! NASA astronaut Don Pettit recently took to his social media and shared a breathtaking image of the Himalayas, including Mt Everest, from the International Space Station (ISS).As per

the post, the astronaut at the time was orbiting the “Himalaya mountain range”, which is when he came across the extraordinary view. In the photo, much of Nepal was also visible, as per Pettit.The image instantly went viral, leaving netizens awestruck. Most thanked Pettit for the beautiful share, while some asked questions they had about the area.Times Now could not confirm the details and the authenticity of the post.

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“Orbiting the Himalayas mountain range. Mount Everest is in this photo, with much of Nepal visible as well,” the post read. The post was shared on X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘astro_Pettit’. The post was shared 2 days back and pulled more than 213K views from people.

Here’s the internet’s reactions:

ALSO READ: ‘Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover’ Pro Max! Man’s ‘Cheap’ Looking Airbnb In Vietnam Was Like THIS From Inside… “Why does the lower left look like water? obviously it must be China tho? (or Nepal?),” a user asked. “I can't guarantee this is accurate, but compared with Google earth, I think I've located Everest (roughly),” pointed out a second person. “I have tried to identify the lakes in order to find Everest. Am I correct to see Baiku Co lake in the middle of the picture and Tangra Yumco one on its right side?” asked the next person. “This is beautiful,” wrote a fourth person.ALSO READ: Viral Video Shows ‘Indian Kids’ Deliberating Littering– After A Foreign Woman Asked Them To NOT Litter “Hard to imagine there's people living their normal lives right under this view going to work drinking tea fighting over the stupidest things and they don't even know they're a tiny dot in something this beautiful,” added another person.