Everest from the ISS

Cosmonaut captures unique view of Everest and Cho Oyu

Our friends over at Russianclimb sent us this unique photo of Everest taken from space. The photo shows Everest North Face in the foreground and Lhotse behind to the right. In the left back – Makalu. The photo was taken by Serguey Rjazanskjy, a cosmonaut on the International Space Station. Serguey posts many fascinating photos of Earth shot from space on his Twitter feed.

[Edited 10/20] To correct the description of the photo – ‘cos everyone makes mistakes.