Kaintal - Morning Light.
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, monochrome in Lightroom.
The valley floor is at around 3400m altitude, the summits above 5000m. Sharp edges, dramatic exposed strata - India is pushing hard into Asia: 'The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. . . . Its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. . . . The Indian plate is still moving at 67 mm per year, and over the next 10 million years it will travel about 1500 km into Asia.' (Wikipedia)
According to the USGS, the Himalaya are still growing, at a rate of about 1cm per year.
Kaintal - Morning Light.
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, monochrome in Lightroom.
The valley floor is at around 3400m altitude, the summits above 5000m. Sharp edges, dramatic exposed strata - India is pushing hard into Asia: 'The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. . . . Its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. . . . The Indian plate is still moving at 67 mm per year, and over the next 10 million years it will travel about 1500 km into Asia.' (Wikipedia)
According to the USGS, the Himalaya are still growing, at a rate of about 1cm per year.