
The long-exposure photo was captured by a crew member aboard the International Space Station. The image also show the city lights of Delhi and Lahore.
“The snow-covered Himalayan Mountains are in splendid view in this enhanced, long-exposure image taken by a crew member aboard the @iss. The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas are the result of 50 million years of collisions between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates,” NASA wrote while sharing the image.
NASA also said that Delhi and Lahore’s city lights are visible below the faint airglow of atmospheric particles reacting to solar radiation. The image has gone viral on social media and has more than 11 lakh likes on Twitter. People took to the comments section to express how mesmerizing the image was.



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