This
is a 360 degree view from atop Mt.
Everest!
Fantastic!
Most of us would
never have seen this save for the
computer!
What
would it be like to stand atop the tallest
mountain on Earth?
Visible
are snow peaked mountains near and far, tremendous
cliffs,
distant
plateaus, the tops of clouds, and a dark blue
sky.
Mt.
Everest stands 8.85 kilometers above sea level,
roughly the maximum height reached by
international airplane flights,
but
much less than the 300 kilometers achieved by a
space shuttle. Hundreds of people have tried and
failed to climb the behemoth by foot, a feat first
accomplished successfully in 1953. About 1000
people have now made it to the summit.
Roddy
Mackenzie, who climbed the mountain in 1989,
captured the above image. Mt.
Everest
lies in the
Himalayan
mountains in the country of Nepal.
In the native language of Nepal,
the mountain's name is
"Sagarmatha"
which means "forehead of the
sea."
