00:00The Himalayas might be hiding a terrifying secret, and you'll want to hear this before the end.
00:05Deep beneath the Himalayas, a massive tectonic plate may be tearing apart.
00:11Yes, tearing.
00:12The Indian plate has been smashing into Eurasia for nearly 50 million years.
00:18That collision created the Himalayas.
00:21But scientists now think the story gets much darker.
00:24Deep underground, the Indian plate may be splitting from the inside.
00:28Its heavy lower layer could be sinking into Earth, while the upper crust keeps pushing north.
00:35This process is called delamination.
00:39And here's the scary part.
00:41The Himalayas sit inside one of the most earthquake-active regions on Earth.
00:46The rocks are constantly bending, breaking, shifting, and storing enormous amounts of stress.
00:53Then, that stress can suddenly snap.
00:56Earthquakes, landslides, damaged roads, collapsed buildings, and entire communities can be cut off.
01:04But remember, the Indian plate is still moving north.
01:08The Himalayas are still rising.
01:10And deep below your feet is still tearing itself apart.
01:14So those gigantic mountains, they aren't finished.
01:17They're still being built from underneath.
