View, Scene, Prospect
noun
眺める is "to stare at." The noun version is view or scene. It's what you're staring at.
ながめ
The reading is the same as 眺める.
シャワーの後、髪の毛が半乾きのまましばらく部屋の窓からの眺めを見つめていました。
After taking a shower, she was staring at the view out her bedroom window for a short while with her hair still damp.