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Nasa 'Everest' photo was Indian mountain Saser Muztagh

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20714990


 


he US space agency, Nasa, has admitted it mistook a mountain in India for Mount Everest when it posted online a picture taken from space.

 


Nasa initially said the photo - by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko - showed the world's tallest summit.


 


The image was quickly picked up by a number of media outlets, but Nasa removed it after a Nepalese expert spotted the error.


 


Everest, which is 8,848m (29,028ft) high, straddles the Nepal-China border.


 


Oops? :facepalm:


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