One of our readers in our inbox asked if we knew of any animations of the breakup of the Gondwana supercontinent and the motions of India into Eurasia that triggered the formation of the modern day Alpine-Himalayan Orogeny. While the exact details vary from model to model, most of them are quite similar and look like this: India, Australia, and Antarctica break away from Africa as the Karoo Large Igneous Province forms, new mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones are established, and India marches across the ocean towards its collision.
Some highlights of an adventure of three guys riding Royal Enfields through the Himalayas in northern India. From the below-freezing, snowing weather in Pang to the scorching heat of the Ganges in Varanasi, this trip was one to remember.
Video by @Renan_Ozturk | Basecamp on the north side of #Everest at 17.5k feet - I had never felt the pull of this mountain or wanted to
climb it much at all until arriving here with such a soulful team. The
iconic shape and presence of the peak from this vantage point is a
magnet for exploration, all the lines of the valleys pulling you upward. #sirensong#everestmystery Join me @Renan_Ozturk for more images from the roof of the world
Fine, I’m not looking at the pagoda. I’m looking at the steep-walled limestone cliffs and (presumably) human-made lake? Here’s some details on the pagoda.These limestones are some of the thick sequences eroding throughout southeast Asia as they’re uplifted from the Himalayan orogeny. Near here are a number of spectacular caves, including some of the largest on Earth.
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