Langtang Lirung and the Lirung Glacier. April 24th, 2015.

Looking across at the snows of Langtang Lirung (7234m) the day before the earthquake. Two large avalanches broke off from the slopes of Langtang: the one that destroyed the village of Langtang and one that came down this glacial valley toward Kyangjin Gompa.

Langtang. April 24th.

The village of Langtang the day before it was buried underneath a massive avalanche triggered by the April 25th earthquake.

Ghewa Ceremony at Langtang Gompa. April 24th.

Hundreds of people from the Langtang Valley gathered for a ghewa funerary/reincarnation ceremony on April 24th--praying, singing, and dancing throughout the night. Less than twelve hours later the monastery and many of the people involved in the ceremony were gone.

Ghewa Ceremony at Langtang Gompa. April 24th.

Hundreds of people from the Langtang Valley gathered for a ghewa funerary/reincarnation ceremony on April 24th--praying, singing, and dancing throughout the night. Less than twelve hours later the monastery and many of the people involved in the ceremony were gone.

Ghewa Ceremony, Langtang Gompa. April 24th.

Hundreds of people from the Langtang Valley gathered for a ghewa funerary/reincarnation ceremony on April 24th--praying, singing, and dancing throughout the night. Less than twelve hours later the monastery and many of the people involved in the ceremony were gone.

Ghewa Ceremony, Langtang Gompa. April 24th.

Hundreds of people from the Langtang Valley gathered for a ghewa funerary/reincarnation ceremony on April 24th--praying, singing, and dancing throughout the night. Less than twelve hours later the monastery and many of the people involved in the ceremony were gone.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

The first Nepal Army helicopter flies up the Langtang Valley with the Langtang avalanche in the background.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Nepal Army forces arrive at Ghodatabela the morning after the earthquake.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

The first Nepal Army helicopter flies up the Langtang Valley.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Families come searching for their loved ones, meeting only the few from Langtang who survived.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

A foreigner attempts to load an injured young boy onto a helicopter amid the confusion created by the arrival of a private helicopter that had come to pick up three Nepalis stranded there.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Survivors (locals, Nepalis, foreigners) run for the first private helicopter that landed in Ghodatabela. We were expecting a larger Army helicopter, and the arrival of this private helicopter (tasked with extracting three specific people, Nepalis) created a lot of confusion.

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th

Godhatabela, Langtang Valley. April 26th