An image of the International Space Station passing over the Amazon river. A NASA astronaut captured an image of Mt Everest from the ISS challenging Twitter followers to spot it.

Of course, Everest is the world’s highest mountain at 8,849 meters tall. On the ground, it’s probably easy to spot out along the horizon. But from above it’s a lot more difficult to make out.

At just over 29,000 feet above sea level, Mount Everest's peak reaches the farthest into the sky of any piece of Earth. But when seen from space, even this monster appears just part and parcel ...

Malenchenko snapped the photo of Everest on Nov. 9, and NASA astronaut Ron Garan posted it on Twitter Dec. 8, writing, "I never got a good shot of Mt. #Everest #FromSpace." Garan flew to the space ...

Mt Everest stuns from space as photo is taken by ISS astronaut. It’s the tallest mountain in the world, but this stunning set of images shows just how small Mt Everest seems from space.

E arlier this week, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky made a live video call from Everest Base Camp to the International Space Station (ISS). A few years ago, Ryazansky photographed Everest from ...

Located across China and Nepal, Mt. Everest is the highest mountain above sea level in the world at 29,032 feet. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station shared a stunning photograph from ...

This story was updated at 12:32 p.m. EDT, May 10. If all goes according to schedule, Scott Parazynski will reach the top of the world sometime over the next week or so. Parazynski won't be the ...

Russian astronaut Sergey Ryazanskiy became the first man to walk in space and reach the summit of Everest (8,849 meters) Mingma Gelu Sherpa, managing director of 7 Summits Club, br ...

A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick ...

Mount Everest may be legendarily large on the ground on Earth, but it's easy for it to disappear into the broader landscape when you're traveling at 17,000 mph (27,400 km/h) in orbit and trying to ...

A few years ago, Sergey Ryazansky saw Everest from space and wanted to experience it from ground level. He shared his findings with friends on the ISS.