NASA's stunning pic of snow-covered Himalayas also shows New Delhi city lights from space

NASA on December 15 shared a “splendid” long-exposure photograph of sw-covered Himalayan mountains from . While taking to Instagram, US ncy informed that picture was taken by a crew member aboard International Station (ISS). Along with Himalayan range, mesmerising im also captures bright city lights of New Delhi and Pakistan’s Lahore. 

In caption, NASA explained what picture shows. ncy called photo “roof of world” and furr said that south of range lies agriculturally fertile region of rrn India and Pakistan. rth of range, on or hand, is more arid Tibetan plateau. 

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caption re, “ sw-covered Himalayan Mountains are in splendid view in this enhanced, long-exposure im taken by a crew member aboard @iss. highest mountain range in world, Himalayas are result of 50 million years of collisions between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates”. 

“ bright city lights of New Delhi, India, and Lahore, Pakistan, are also visible below faint, orange airglow of atmospheric particles reacting to solar riation,” it furr re. 

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Netizens call it ‘absolutely stunning’ 

Since shared, picture has taken internet by storm and has left netizens in awe. post has garnered over one million likes and thousands of comments. While one internet user simply wrote, “OMG! So beautiful,” ar ded, “Brilliant photography and fascinating exquisite im!” “ orange interaction with Sun’s rioactive rays is most amazing part for me,” ded third. “Absolutely stunning. So magical,” wrote fourth. 

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