Himalayas #
![Himalayas Himalayas](/attach/Geography/Asia/China/Pictures/Factbook_Pictures/900ch/900ch.jpg)
Image courtesy of NASA., under PD
The image almost looks like a picture taken from an airplane until you remember that the summits of Makalu (8,462 m: 27,765 ft) and Everest (8,850 m; 29,035 ft) are at the heights typically flown by commercial aircraft, and could never be seen this way from an airplane.