“Specific peaks are so hard to find from 250 miles away, going 5 miles per second, but I was perpetually enamored with the Himalaya and Karakoram.”
The image is part of a series captured during multiple passes over the region.
(Zena Cardman / NASA via SWNS)
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“I shot Everest a dozen different times, when orbit, daylight, and weather aligned, but this NIR series was probably my favorite,” Cardman wrote.
Cardman served on the International Space Station during Expeditions 73 and 74 as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, from Aug. 1, 2025, to Jan. 15.
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