from space showing the Himalaya Mountains (click to enlarge.) Mt. Everest, the tallest peak on Earth at 29,035 feet (8,848 m), is in the center of the image and was first climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.Interesting geologic note: The summits of the highest peaks are composed of fossiliferous ocean floor limestone, remnants of the closing Tethys Sea during the collision of the Indian subcontinent with Eurasia.
Image credit: NASA
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