The Nepali Times is reporting that Mount Everest is now visible from Kathmandu for the first time in living memory. The clarity is due to the reduction of car emission due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Mt Everest sits 200km (124 miles) from Kathmandu Valley.

Mt Everest (arrow) hidden behind Mt Kang Nachugo and Mt Chobutse from Chobar in Kathmandu on 10 May. Photos: ABHUSHAN GAUTAM

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