Entire Gangotri Glacier has melted into a Glacial Lake
From Today's NASA's Aqua satellite feed, it is clear that Heatwave of 2022 has claimed another victim from glaciers of Himalayas.
Firstly those of you who haven't visited the glacier, Gangotri is or rather was a Valley glacier and not a mountain (top) glacier. Every year it recedes in lower altitudes (which would be a 3000 metre high). But now as you can see from the picture even 5000 metres level , you don't see snow or ice. Just a murky grey water like body with an island made out of glacial debri in the centre.
Since this Valley drops from an altitude of 5500 metres to 3000 meters in a length of just 25 kilometers, it is no surprise most water accumulated near Gangotri town in North West of the Valley . This temporary waterbody can crash down on the town in any moment.
Yet there are no acknowledgement from Government of India or anything in bogus Indian media or any preparation of the threat.
They can't say, nobody warned us this time.
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