A view into the cirque of the anonymous torrent descending from from the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets from a cirque crest. Green tint in its bottom is due to patches of sedge and meadowy montane tundras. The Dzhaniktu mountain (3716 m above sea level) is seen apart.

3000 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh- Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998. ( O. Kosterin.

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