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Panorama from the second camp in the Rudragaira valley. A view of the Jogin peaks, Gangotri I, II and II peaks, Auden's Col, etc. Te ablation valley and moraine of the Rudragaira glacier can be clearly seen, along with a lot of glacier debris. See how the glaciers of the Himalaya have gouged out the valleys and deepened them, through abrasion and abrasive action over eons. Ablation zone or ablation area refers to the low-altitude area of a glacier or ice sheet below firn with a net loss in ice mass due to melting, sublimation, evaporation, ice calving, aeolian processes like blowing snow, avalanche, and any other ablation. What a brilliant aerial view from halfway up Rudragaira peak in the Gangotri Himalaya of Uttarakhand state, India. Panorama from the Naga-Nelang valley (Kalidhang, Chirb