This is what Everest looks like from the International Space Station

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photo almost straight down Mount Everest on December 12, which has now been released by NASA.

The image provides a unique perspective of the tallest mountain on Earth (on dry land), rising approximately 8,848 meters above sea level.

a region sometimes called the “roof of the world”. Everest continues to rise toward the sky at about 1 centimeter per year due to the progressive lifting of the crust caused by the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Many glaciers flow from the high snow-capped peaks of the plateau in the enlarged image. As glaciers descend to lower, warmer elevations, much of the moving ice mass is obscured by rock debris (known as moraines) that accumulate on the top, sides, and end of the ice.

As glaciers melt, ice-entrained debris can be deposited as sediments that geologists call glacial tillage.