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What
would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth?
To see a full panoramic vista from there, scroll right.
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."
Note:
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