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Mount Makalu, Himalayas | ESA
Mount Makalu in the Himalayas is pictured in this European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel-2B image from December 9, 2017. At 8485 m high, Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world. The iconic pyramid-shaped mountain can be seen just to the right of the center of the image. It is situated on the border between Nepal and China, about 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, which is in the top left of the image.

Because of the mountain’s knife-edge ridges and its remote position, which leaves it exposed to the elements, it is viewed by many as one of the world’s most difficult mountains to climb.

Nevertheless, Swedish explorer, mountaineer and climate campaigner, Carina Ahlqvist, led a climb this year to raise awareness of climate change and to support ESA’s Climate Change Initiative. During the expedition, scientists collected measurements to help validate data from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar mission that are used to study natural hazards such as rock falls and landslides in mountainous regions. The team also surveyed the Barun glacier, which lies at the base of Makalu, to help understand its history and therefore the past climate in this region.

Unfortunately, Carina was struck with snow blindness and had to be evacuated just 300 m from Makalu’s summit. She is now safe and well and the data collected during the expedition are being used to further understand the dynamics of this remote region and how it is being affected by climate change.

This image is also featured on the "Earth from Space" video program.

Credit & Copyright: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Release Date: June 15, 2018

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Is climbing the Earth's Tallest Mountain on your bucket list? Then you are going to want to check out these 33 facts about Mt. Everest! #MountEverest #ClimbEverest #MtEverest
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Mount Makalu, Himalayas | Earth from Space | ESA
Are you up for some climbing?
In this episode of "Earth from Space", Sentinel-2 takes us over Mount Makalu in the Himalayas where Swedish explorer, mountaineer and climate campaigner, Carina Ahlqvist, led a climb this year. Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web TV virtual studios.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)
Duration: 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Release Date: June 15, 2018

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Zapewne większość z nas nie będzie na szczycie Mount Everestu. Ale troszkę można poczuć klimat dzięki niesamowity ujęciom Elia Saikaly #MountEverest
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Mr. Soundararajan P. and Mr. Sanjay Thakur, two of India’s leading Chefs, have created a Guinness World Record with #ProjectTriyagyoni. #GuinnessWorldRecord #MountEverest #Soundararajan #SanjayThakur #BreakingNewsIndia #Tentaran
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