The Ground Under the Himalayas Is Falling Apart
By BRIGHT SIDE
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A massive area is shaking with earthquakes, and the Indian Plate is splitting into pieces beneath the Himalayas. The Alpine-Himalayan Belt runs for about 6,800 miles across southern Europe and Asia - one of the most active earthquake zones on Earth. Since 1900, earthquakes here have taken over 10,000 lives. And now, scientists have made a discovery that changes everything. Using over 222,000 satellite radar images, they were finally able to see how the ground is moving across the entire collision zone. What they found is terrifying: the Indian Plate isn't a solid block. Deep under the mountains, it's stretching, bending, and tearing apart. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.g
Tags: alpine-himalayan belt, brightside, brightsideglobal, curiosities, delamination, earth, earthquake risk, earthquake science, earthquake zone, fault lines, geology, gps measurements, ground deformation, himalayas, indian plate, lithospheric mantle, mountain formation, mystery, natural disaster, pangea
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