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Pleiades over Mount Everest. The autumn constellations including the Pleiades star cluster (upper left), rising above Mount Everest at Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. The peak of Mount Everest (dark triangle) is at centre. It is the tallest mountain in the world at 8848 metres. To its right is Nuptse (7861 metres). For a close-up of the mountains, see C040/4309. Photographed on 4 December 2015. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/JEFF DAI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)