Mercury-Atlas 9, Western Tibet and Kashmir
NASA
First aerial view of western Tibet and Kashmir
S-63-6444 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.20 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of western Tibet and Kashmir near Headwaters of Indus, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
This photo was taken during the 22nd orbit of Mercury-Atlas 9. You can see Lake Ch’in-Tzu-Hu at upper right, Lake Yen-K’o-Ling-Ts at lower left center and the Korakaram Range is at upper center.
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