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                   River of                                       The  Siachen Glacier, located in the eastern
                                                                  Karakoram range in the Himalayas is  the
                                                                  longest glacier in the Karakoram mountain and
                   Snow and                                       second-longest  in  the world’s  non-polar areas.

                                                                  Resourcesat-2 LISS-IV sensor acquired vivid
                   Ice                                            images of the glacier, with the extended length
                                                                  clearly visible as white curving trail of ice and snow
                                                                  making its way down from the gigantic mountains
                                                                  of the Karakoram range.






















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