Mount Everest and surrounding peaks as seen from the north-northwest over the Tibetan Plateau. Four eight-thousanders can be seen, Makalu (8,462 m), Everest (8,848 m), Cho Oyu (8,201 m), and Lhotse (8,516 m).

Panoramic view of the Himalayas from Poon Hill in Nepal during sunrise, showing the Dhaulagiri massif (left, shining with alpenglow) and the Annapurna massif (right, with the sun rising from behind). Dhaulagiri and Annapurna, the highest peaks of these massifs, are respectively the seventh and tenth highest mountains in the world, and are two of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders.

Panorama of the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalayas from Ranikhet, India, showing peaks such as Trisul, Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot and Panchachuli. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain located entirely within India's borders, and the second highest mountain in India after Kangchenjunga (which is the world's third highest and is located along the Indo-Nepalese border).

The movement of the Indian plate toward the Eurasian plate starting 71 million years ago at the average speed of 5–15 centimetres (2.0–5.9 in) per year, which closed the Neo-Tethys Ocean above and opened the Indian Ocean below

The Himalayan headwaters of the Ganges River in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Bhagirathi River at Gangotri.

Devprayag, confluence of Alaknanda (right) and Bhagirathi (left), and beginning of the Ganges.