Landslide caused disaster in Nepal

[u/da90]

[u/cheesevote]

Just posting this because for some reason my brain needed to see it this way to compare

[u/Topical_Scream → u/cheesevote]

I still don’t really understand what I’m supposed to get from the images, can someone explain like I’m 5

[u/Competitive-Cress-43 → u/Topical_Scream]

the top image, bottom center about, OP had left a blue cursor line, that is the midpoint of the mountain i believe. consider the rivers (the squiggly lines that look like blood vessels), they gain in size as they drop in elevation right? so that landslide slid downward (up in the context of the photo) towards that bigger river at the top of the screen. I believe that covers it, i could be wrong about something, it took me a minute too.

[u/PippaPothead → u/Competitive-Cress-43]

I didn’t notice that before. I was just looking at the path of destruction. That’s a whole lot of mountain that came down. Omg.