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           Himalaya FormationSource
            www.usgs.org  US Government website, and in the public domain. | 
          
          
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           2005-02-12 (original upload date) | 
          
          
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           Originally from  en.wikipedia; description page is/was  here. | 
          
          
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           Original uploader was  Ashwatham at  en.wikipedia | 
          
          
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             PD-LAYOUT; PD-USGOV. 
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