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Kanjut Sar

Large Avalanche Caught On Camera By NASA Satellite Over 20 Years Ago

Landsat satellite NASA Kanjut Sar Pakistan Labeled

Large powder avalanches can quickly and easily reach speeds of 80mph, and don’t last for very long, so the fact that a NASA satellite managed to capture an image of one in action has been described as ‘a stroke of luck’.  On April 17, 1996, satellite Landsat-5 was passing over the Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan, at the exact moment an avalanche […]

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Steven Agar | July 19, 2017
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