A large format camera's frame from the STS41-G/space shuttle Challenger mission provides a southwestern view of the Greater Himalayas bordering the Karakoram Range, whose great peaks are near the lower left edge of the frame. India is in the upper left; Pakistan, at lower right; and China is in the lower left foreground. The valley of the Indus River is in the right bottom corner.
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Space
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NASA
Description
A large format camera's frame from the STS41-G/space shuttle Challenger mission provides a southwestern view of the Greater Himalayas bordering the Karakoram Range, whose great peaks are near the lower left edge of the frame. India is in the upper left; Pakistan, at lower right; and China is in the lower left foreground. The valley of the Indus River is in the right bottom corner.