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How Did the #CIA Lose a #Nuclear Device?
The device, a #SNAP19C portable generator containing #plutonium isotopes including #Pu239 was left behind in October 1965 when a sudden blizzard forced climbers to retreat from Camp Four, just below the summit, it disappeared on one of world’s highest mountains in a hush-hush mission the #US still won’t talk about. The device remains buried somewhere in the glaciers that feed tributaries of the #GangesRiver.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html
https://archive.ph/VLJxx

How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?

A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.

The New York Times

Ben Nov 6

The river Ganges, near the source in the Garhwal Himalaya.

#india #landscape #photography #gangesriver #travel #explore #mountains #himalayas #uttarakhand

Denise Gutzmer Sep 24

The Ganges River is drying at an unprecedented rate, new study finds

The Ganges River is in crisis. This lifeline for around 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical data, paleoclimate records and hydrological models, researchers from IIT Gandhinagar and the University of Arizona discovered that human activity is the main cause. They also found that the current drying is more severe than any recorded drought in the river's history.

#GangesRiver #India #drought

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ganges-river-drying-unprecedented.html

The Ganges River is drying at an unprecedented rate, new study finds

The Ganges River is in crisis. This lifeline for around 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical data, paleoclimate records and hydrological models, researchers from IIT Gandhinagar and the University of Arizona discovered that human activity is the main cause. They also found that the current drying is more severe than any recorded drought in the river's history.

Phys.org

The-14 May 13, 2025

India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects a region increasingly vulnerable to climate change
#Bangladesh #China #India #Nepal #Pakistan #Geopolitics
#WaterConflict #IndusWatersTreaty #ClimateChange #SouthAsia #WaterSecurity #Hydropolitics #GangesRiver
https://the-14.com/india-pakistan-conflict-over-water-reflects-a-region-increasingly-vulnerable-to-climate-change/

Stephen 🇵🇭✈️📷Jan 23, 2025

The boat that took us to the funeral pyre activities and blowing of the conch shells along the Ganges River in Varanasi. March 2024

#Varanasi #India #Boat #GangesRiver #Travel #Photograhy #IncredibleIndia

Stephen 🇵🇭✈️📷Jan 23, 2025

Creating the Swastika symbol before releasing it into the Ganges River. March 2024 #Travel #Photography

The #Swastika is a symbol that originated in #India and is sacred in #Hinduism, #Buddhism, and #Jainism. It is a cross with four right-angled arms that can face clockwise or counter-clockwise.

The swastika is also one of the oldest human symbols, dating back to the #Neolithic Period, around 10,000 BCE.

The word "swastika" comes from #Sanskrit and means "conducive to well-being".

The symbol may have represented the sun's movement across the sky.

#Varanasi #India #IncredibleIndia #GangesRiver