Himalaya Peaks, China-India, 1996

"Magnificent wreckage of continents in collision: Fifty million years ago an immense island collided with mainland Asia to create the Indian subcontinent and push the Himalaya skyward. Those peaks rise to 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) in the Ladakh region, where India and China are now close to resolving territorial disputes."

From "India: Fifty Years of Independence," May 1997, National Geographic magazine

喜马拉雅山，中国-印度，1996

这是陆地板块碰撞的华丽杰作：五千万年前一个极大的岛屿与亚洲大陆发生碰撞，生成了印度次大陆，并形成了喜马拉雅山。在拉达克地区这些山峰升高到了20000英尺（6096米），现在印度和中国正在这里解决领土问题。