Also known as the Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture, this structure of tilted rocks formed as a result of the collision between the Indian plate and Eurasian plate, which took place about 52 million years ago.

The area is known to contain relics of the ancient ocean crust, also called ophiolites, that are embedded in carbonate layers of rock that belonged to the Indian plate. The ophiolites help scientists peek into the past and examine the products of chemical and geological processes that took place at mid-ocean ridges millions of years ago.

In the image, you can see the layers of rocks that reflect its geologically active past. If you keep following the path, the sedimentary layers become completely vertical!

Photo by Anurup Mohanty.