Glaciers Spotted Flowing Across the Himalayas From Space | Space Photo of the Day for July 15, 2026
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Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2026
Glaciers flow across the Himalaya, as seen from the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA/Jessica Meir)Towering glaciers flow down the Himalayas' northern slopes like icy giants cascading onto China's Tibetan Plateau. What is it?Back in May, from aboard the International Space Station 259 miles (417 kilometers) above Earth, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir peered out the station's windows with her camera and captured a breathtaking sight. …
The photos showed that in 2025 the glacier recorded a record decline of approximately 385 meters, the largest since 1997. Between 1997 and 2023, the Perito Moreno glacier has lost approximately 3 square kilometers of surface.
It was considered an exception to the glaciers of the rest of the world but a photograph taken last 30 June by the Sentinel-2 satellite, within the framework of the European Copernicus program, visually confirms the withdrawal compared to other images of 2016
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