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| Keywords: outdoor mountain landscape rock As we reached Bhojbasa, the afternoon sun and clouds of various shades and shapes were just getting ready to play out a mesmerizing performance in that heavenly theater. The lit up brown zone in the valley is the Gangotri Glacier, and the scarred dark patch at the head of it is Gaumukh, the snout. Anyone expecting a dazzling white stretch for the Gangotri Glacier will be deeply disappointed - the ice is so tightly packed with eroded material that the entire glacier is a dull brown affair except after fresh snowfall. As we reached Bhojbasa, the afternoon sun and clouds of various shades and shapes were just getting ready to play out a mesmerizing performance in that heavenly theater. The lit up brown zone in the valley is the Gangotri Glacier, and the scarred dark patch at the head of it is Gaumukh, the snout. Anyone expecting a dazzling white stretch for the Gangotri Glacier will be deeply disappointed - the ice is so tightly packed with eroded material that the entire glacier is a dull brown affair except after fresh snowfall. | ||||
