The high altitude lake of Tso Moriri, at an altitude of nearly 15,000 feet in the Chanthang plains of Ladakh, is completely frozen at the peak of winter in January 2021. The below freezing temperatures result in intriguing ice formations, with waves arrested in mid motion and fresh snowfall making interesting patterns. The frozen expanse is not so placid as it looks -- it is a living, breathing being, making threatening guttaral sounds coming from deep within. The crunching of ice from the depths inside is a sound that is fearsome to say the least. These pictures were clicked at the peak of afternoon and the temperature was around minus 18 degrees celsius.