Across Scales: Life in the High Himalaya
Debayan Chatterjee
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
A lone human and a soaring bird occupy different layers of a steep Himalayan landscape of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in India. The sharply incised ridges reflect active tectonics and fluvio-glacial modification. These two forms of life emphasize scale from ground to sky. Together, they show how life persists within and interacts with dynamic geomorphic systems despite appearing vanishingly small against them.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Debayan Chatterjee (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.4 MB
Aspect
3356:4479
Width
3356 px
Height
4479 px
Brand
Canon
Model
PowerShot SX530 HS
Software
Snapseed
Coordinates
30.4835, 79.7179
Tint
Black
Submitted
8 April 2026
Taken
15 December 2025
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