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A mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) belonging to the 36-strong Susa group, relaxes in the Volcanoes National Park. The permanent territory of the Susa group lies high on Mount Karisoke. It is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), known as a 'silverback' rests in the Volcanoes National Park. 19-year-old 'Kwakane' is the second-ranking male of the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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Baby mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) play in the Volcanoes National Park. They belong to the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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Baby mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) play in the Volcanoes National Park. They belong to the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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Baby mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) play in the Volcanoes National Park. They belong to the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), known as a 'silverback' eats the pith of a plant stem in the Volcanoes National Park. 14-year-old 'Nyagakangaga' is the third-ranking male of the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), known as a ‘silverback’ eats the pith of a plant stem in the Volcanoes National Park. 14-year-old ‘Nyagakangaga’ is the third-ranking male of the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), known as a 'silverback' eats the pith of a plant stem in the Volcanoes National Park. 14-year-old 'Nyagakangaga' is the third-ranking male of the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), known as a 'silverback' feeds in the Volcanoes National Park. This gorilla belongs to the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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A young mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) feeds in the Volcanoes National Park. It is a member of the 36-strong Susa group whose permanent territory lies high on Mount Karisoke. Susa is the second largest group of mountain gorillas in the world and was the one originally studied by Dian Fossey. Sexual dimorphism is very marked with male mountain gorillas twice the size of females. A silverback (a mature gorilla of about 15 years old when the hairs on its back turn silver-grey) may weigh up to 400 lbs, with a chest the same dimension as its height (6 feet).
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Yellow maize hangs under the eaves of rural houses to dry. The rich volcanic soil and good rainfall of northern Rwanda supports a very high population (more than 770 people per square mile). Three potato crops can be grown a year there. Clay bricks and roof tiles are typical of houses in rural Rwanda.
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Puebla Cathedral's illuminated towers rise above the historic centre of the city at night.
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Puebla Cathedral's illuminated towers rise above the historic centre of the city at night.
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Precise Inca stonework at Ollantaytambo.
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A river taxi built up with hardwood planks from a dugout base plies the waters of the upper Tambopata river.
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A five metre long Black Caiman surfaces on an oxbow lake. Seriously endangered as a species, they were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1950’s. Within park boundaries larger specimens like this one are making a comeback.
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Community spiders create huge webs enveloping entire trees. Here the dew drops of dawn create a fairy tale effect. The fruit are Limas, a citrus similar to a grapefruit.
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White caiman (caiman crocodilus). Smaller of the two common South American crocodilians. Never as endangered as it’s large Black relative due to the size of it’s small pelt.
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Giant river otters (Pteronura brasiliensis). These grow to over 6 feet (1.8m) long. They hunt in family groups and are known as river wolves. They are one of the rarest mammals on the planet due to having been hunted for their pelts. An adult male basks in the afternoon sun during the seven hours a day spent hunting for fish.
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A family of 14 capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). These are the world’s largest rodent weighing up to 140lbs (65kg). The jaguar is their main enemy.
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Gold panners looking out of the window. Many of the transient gold workers have descended from the mountains due to terrorism and poverty.
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Nueva meaning new, is literally a brand new town founded in 1999. One of the pioneering frontier villages that spring up around a new gold rush. Two children stand on the street corner.
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A local guide underneath a giant tree fern on the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. The Inca trail descends from above the tree line alongside snow peaks down to tropical cloud forest where Machu Picchu itself stands.
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A local ecotourism guide surveys the lowland forest from a ridge. In her daypack she carries binoculars, bird book and first aid. Bird watching is popular here where the world record for species diversity is held.
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Algae on an Amazonian oxbow lake. Over 90% of lowland forest has at one time or another been a lake or riverbed. The river bends that form oxbow lakes eventually silt up and are overgrown by swamp, bamboo and other fast growing secondary forest trees.
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Sunset on a bend of the Upper Manu River. The rivers are the highways of the Amazon. Ecotourists riding back from a day's wildlife watching are rewarded with the sight of a tropical sky reflected on the surface.
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Slash and burn agriculture is one of the largest destructive forces in the Amazon. The surrounding forest is filled with smoke.
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Grass hoppers mating at night on a fern in the rainforest. The female is notably larger than the male.
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The Monkey, one of the more well known Nazca forms. Many of the designs were found on their fine weavings and pottery as well as on this desert plain. It shows that there was contact with the jungle provinces on the far side of the Andes.
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The Q’ente or Hummingbird. Possibly the most well known of the Nazca designs, this bird appears as a logo on many Peruvian products. Over 100 metres long, its stylised shape shows an advanced artistic vision. These designs appeared exactly the same to scale on the Nazca culture’s extremely fine weavings and pottery. The fact that it rarely if ever rains here in what is an extension of the Atacama desert, means that the surface has stayed the same for 2,000 years. The mummies found littering the area still have their hair, skin and nails intact.
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The Q’ente or Hummingbird. Possibly the most well known of the Nazca designs, this bird appears as a logo on many Peruvian products. Over 100 metres long, its stylised shape shows an advanced artistic vision. These designs appeared exactly the same to scale on the Nazca culture’s extremely fine weavings and pottery. The fact that it rarely if ever rains here in what is an extension of the atacama desert, means that the surface has stayed the same for 2,000 years. The mummies found littering the area still have their hair, skin and nails intact.
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The Q'ente or Hummingbird. Possibly the most well known of the Nazca designs, this bird appears as a logo on many Peruvian products. Over 100 metres long, its stylised shape shows an advanced artistic vision. These designs appeared exactly the same to scale on the Nazca culture's extremely fine weavings and pottery. The fact that it rarely if ever rains here in what is an extension of the atacama desert, means that the surface has stayed the same for 2,000 years. The mummies found littering the area still have their hair, skin and nails intact.
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The Hands. Situated alongside the PanaAmerican Highway, this is one of the figures visible from a small metal watchtower, for those who cannot afford the light aircraft overflights. Sadly the tyre tracks of off road vehicles will also last for thousands of years. Careless motorists have damaged many of the lines over the last few decades since Maria Reiche’s studies made them famous.
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Quinoa is the highest protein grain in the world. NASA used it for early space food and it was a principal part of the diet in Inca times. It grows only above 3,000 metres above sea level at this latitude. Soups and porridge-like meals are made from it as well as biscuits and cakes. When served it resembles cous-cous.
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Potato harvesting in fields in the highlands. An old man leans against the raw llama wool sacks. Each stripe the colour of the animal it came from. There are over 200 species of potato and nearly 3,000 varieties in this country that was there origin. The domestication of the potato, maize, llama and guinea pig were the foundation upon which the early andean civilisations were built.
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Maize cobs. Maize is central to the culture here, being used for food, beer, dyes in clothes and the husks and stalks used as foodstuff for animals. The varieties range from miniature examples to some over 10 inches 22 cms long. The domestication of maize, potato, llama and guinea pig were the foundation upon which the early andean civilisations were built.
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Shafts of daylight pour down through holes in the old mosaic ceiling of the covered bazaar
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A woman in traditional dress sits looking at the fountains of Imam Khomeini Square
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Women in traditional dress walk in the courtyard of the Masjid-e Imam, the city's most celebrated mosque
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The famous citadel as seen before the earthquake that ruined it in 2003
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The bustling Piazza Motta on the edge of the lake in Orta San Giulio at sunset.
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Rowing boats lined up along the Piazza Motta in Orta San Giulio with the Italian flag.
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West side of Lake Maggiore showing snow capped mountains and the town of Baveno. Queen Victoria stayed here at the Villa Clara.
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View from lakeside walk above Lake Maggiore.
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View of Orta San Giulio fom a taxi boat
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The famous shopping gallery Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with its glass domed roof, just off the Piazza Duomo.
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Church of Santa Maria Maddalena near Tremezzo
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Church on the western side of the lake near Isola Comacina
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Fisherman near the town of Tremezzo with snow capped mountains
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Arriving at Bellagio, situated on a promontary in the centre of Lake Como, The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni on the left.
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View of Gardone Riviera and across to the Alps.
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View of the marina at Gardone Riviera and across to the Alps.
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Pontoon at Gardone Riviera with view up to snow capped mountains.
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Gondolier preparing his Gondola.
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View of Venice waterfront and the entrance to the Grand Canal from ferryboat with the Palazzo Ducale The domes of St Marks cathedral and the Campanile
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The guardian of one of the famed desert castles
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A semi-nomadic Kryghyz man hobbles his horse at the summer pasture
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Wat Haw Pha Kaew, former royal temple of the Lao monarchy, built 1565 by King Setthathirat, razed during 1828 Siamese-Lao War, re-built 1936-42.
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Wat Haw Pha Kaew, former royal temple of the Lao monarchy, built 1565 by King Setthathirat, razed during 1828 Siamese-Lao War, re-built 1936-42.
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Buddhas line the wall of the temple at Wat Haw Pha Kaew, former royal temple of the Lao monarchy, built 1565 by King Setthathirat, razed during 1828 Siamese-Lao War, re-built 1936-42
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A street vendor.
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Old shuttered houses in the main street .
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Monk standing by the door of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Buddhist temple constructed by King Anurut at the foot of Mt. Phousi in 1796. Popularly known as Wat Mai, it is the largest temple in the city.
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Wat Xieng Thong, the Golden City Temple. This magnificent temple complex is the most famous attraction in Luang Prabang and contains some of the most beautiful examples of Lao devotional art. Built by King Saisetthathilat in 1560 on the tip of a peninsula formed by the Mekong and Khan rivers.
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Family on steps of Wat Xieng Thong, the Golden City Temple. This magnificent temple complex is the most famous attraction in Luang Prabang and contains some of the most beautiful examples of Lao devotional art. Built by King Saisetthathilat in 1560 on the tip of a peninsula formed by the Mekong and Khan rivers.
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Family on steps of Wat Xieng Thong, the Golden City Temple. This magnificent temple complex is the most famous attraction in Luang Prabang and contains some of the most beautiful examples of Lao devotional art. Built by King Saisetthathilat in 1560 on the tip of a peninsula formed by the Mekong and Khan rivers.
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Wat Paa Phon Pao, 3 km southeast of the city a forest meditation Wat famous for the teachings of Ajaan Saisamut. Saisamut died in 1992, his funeral was the largest monk's funeral Laos has seen in decades. The temple is called Santi Jedi or Peace Pagoda and was built in 1988.
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Giant Mexican flag in the Zocala Square.
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Giant Mexican flag in the Zocala Square with the National Palace behind.
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Giant Mexican flag in the Zocala Squarewith the National Palace behind.
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Facade of Metropolitan Cathedral facing onto the Zocalo Square in the centre of the city.
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Baroque bell tower of Puebla Cathedral built in 1575AD with mountains in the background.
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Domes and baroque bell tower of Puebla Cathedral built in 1575AD .
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Spanish colonial coat of arms on facade of house in historic centre of city.
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Black-browed albatross adult & chick (Thalassarche melanophrys)
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Black-browed albatross at sunset (Thalassarche melanophrys)
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The sun sets behind the hills across Lake Atitlan creating a silhouette of an old fishing jetty
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Eastern White Pelican (Pelicanus onocratalus) afloat on water, Luxor.
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Sphinx and Pyramid at Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
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Lion guarding the way in the Temple of Karnak. EGY1146. Lion guarding the way into the The Temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. ©Mark Hannaford ©Mark Hannaford JOHN WARBURTON-LEE PHOTOGRPAHY TEL: +44 1529 497223 John Warburton-Lee Photography info@johnwarburtonlee.com Mark Hannaford
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Cross on top of church near St Catherine’s monastery.
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Black-browed albatross chicks (Thalassarche melanophrys)
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Black-browed albatross colony (Thalassarche melanophrys)
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Fishing boats on Lake Titicaca BOL1024. Fishing boats on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia ©Diego Martin JOHN WARBURTON-LEE PHOTOGRPAHY TEL: +44 1529 497223 ©Diego Martin Email: info@johnwarburtonlee.com Diego Martin
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Gilar Farm in Spring
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Largest of the caves on the massive extinct volcano of Mount Elgon is Kitum Cave. Elephants regularly visit this cave at night to eat salt, which they dig from the cave walls and floor with their tusks.
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Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo.
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Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo.
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Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo.
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Smallholdings of the Pokot people dot the landscape on top of the fertile Cherangani Hills, which was once a well-forested area. The crop on the left of the picture is pyrethrum whose white flowers are dried and made into an effective natural insecticide.
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One of the finest views of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya is from its western wall at Losiolo where dramatic mountain formations, some 8,000 feet high, give way to inhospitable lowland wastes. .
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Rugged mountain ranges, volcanic rocks and poor, semi-arid vegetation are characteristic of Northern Kenya. Wild sisal (sansevieria) can be seen growing between the lava boulders. The local Samburu and Rendille people use the fibres to make mats as a covering material for their small living quarters in temporary stock camps.
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Women of the nomadic Gabbra tribe prepare to move their family's possessions by camel. The long sticks are the structures for their dome-shaped houses, which are covered with hides and wild sisal mats. The camel-owning Gabbra live in the semi-desert terrain of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.
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An attractive young girl from the nomadic Gabbra tribe.
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Marsabit Mountain is an extensive area of volcanic uplift, rising to a height of 5,000 feet, surrounded by a sea of desert and semi-desert terrain in Northern Kenya. Lake Paradise occupies the crater floor of Gof Sokorte Guda and is true to its name. Surrounded by beautiful forest, a large variety of forest animals come to drink there each day.
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A fine old bull elephant with heavy tusks. Marsabit was renown for elephants with exceptional ivory. The largest elephant living there in the second half of the 20th century was called Ahmed. Given protection under a decree made by the late President Jomo Kenyatta, he died of old age. A remarkable life-size replica of him is displayed at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi.
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A fine old bull elephant with heavy tusks. Marsabit was renown for elephants with exceptional ivory. The largest elephant living there in the second half of the 20th century was called Ahmed. Given protection under a decree made by the late President Jomo Kenyatta, he died of old age. A remarkable life-size replica of him is displayed at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi.
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The Mount Kenya Safari Club, set in extensive grounds at the foot of Mount Kenya, is a popular tourist destination.
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Rothschild's Giraffes 'necking', a behaviour which tests their strength and place in the male dominance hierarchy. Brought to Nakuru in the 1970's, the Rothschild's giraffe is the rarest of Kenya's three subspecies.
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Mount Longonot, 9,110 feet high, lies on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, thirty-five miles northwest of Nairobi. It is called after the apt Maasai name for it: Ol doinyo Loonongot, the mountain of many valleys and gullies. Of volcanic origin, the last eruption of a parasitic cone happened only 5,000 years ago. Steam still issues from the inside crater wall, indicating that it is now in a dormant phase but not yet extinct.
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Olasurr falls lie in a remote area of the Loita Hills of Maasailand close to the Nguruman Escarpment, which is a western wall of the Eastern Rift system, close to Kenya's border with Tanzania.
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Rock sculpturing by the Galana River at Lugard Falls in Tsavo East National Park. The falls are named after Lord Lugard who, as a young army captain, journeyed through the region in 1890, leading a caravan for 800 miles to the Kingdom of Buganda in the country we know today as Uganda.
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Rock sculpturing by the Galana River at Lugard Falls in Tsavo East National Park. The falls are named after Lord Lugard who, as a young army captain, journeyed through the region in 1890, leading a caravan for 800 miles to the Kingdom of Buganda in the country we know today as Uganda.
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At daybreak, a jahazi ( a wooden sailing boat, smaller than an ocean-going dhow) sails out of Mombasa Old Port, past the battlements of Fort Jesus. The Portuguese built the fort at the entrance to the harbour between 1593 and 1598. In the first half of the 20th century, it was used as a prison but it is now a national museum.
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The entrance to the Palace of Gedi, part of the historic ruins of an important Afro-Arab town founded in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, covering some 45 acres. It reached the height of its prosperity in the middle of the fifteenth century but in the early seventeenth century was abandoned for reasons that are still unclear. .
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A Maasai Warrior watches a hot air balloon float over the Mara plains.
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The Milgis lugga (a Somali word meaning a seasonal watercourse) is a lifeline for the Samburu people and their livestock living in a low-lying, semi-arid region of their district. As the last of the surface water dries, the mud cakes and curls in the hot sun. The stockowners then dig wells until it rains again.
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Two Pokot girls carry water in wooden containers on their heads. Pokot girls and women traditionally wore leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins. The necklaces of young girls (left) are made from small segments of sedge grass. Married girls (right) wear large beaded collars and necklaces, and hang brass rings from their pierced ears.
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A young Pokot girl in traditional attire. Girls wear leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins. Her broad necklaces are made from small segments of sedge grass. Her ears have already been pierced in four places, ready to insert the large brass earrings she will acquire after marriage.
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A young married woman of the Pokot tribe. Her married status is denoted by her large brass earrings and broad beaded collars and necklaces that are smeared with animal fat to glisten in the sun.
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A close-up of a Pokot woman's earrings, hairstyle and beaded ornaments. Only married women wear brass earrings and glass-beaded collars. The band over her head supports the weight of her heavy earrings.
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Poor agricultural practices and over-grazing have led to serious soil erosion around Lake Baringo. The top soil washed into the lake silts up the narrow basin in which it lies and, in years to come, may result in it becoming a seasonal lake.
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A rare sight of three klipspringers (Oreotragus oreotragus), a small antelope that lives in rocky terrain. It stands on tips of truncated hooves, bounding from rock to rock and landing with all four feet together.
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A Leopard rests comfortably in a dead acacia tree.
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A forest leopard stands alert on the branch of a cedar tree (Juniperus procera).
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A leopard rests on the branch of a dead tree at sunset.
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The beautifully coloured Vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) inhabit dry bush country in Northern Kenya.
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Grevys Zebra (Equus grevyi) is the largest wild equid, with massive head and big, rounded saucer-shaped ears. It has a stripe pattern unlike any other zebra. Its range is restricted to Northern Kenya and the Somali arid zone of Ethiopia.
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A herd of elephants drinks from the Uaso Nyiru River, a lifeline for wild animals and livestock in the low-lying, semi-arid regions of Maralal and Isiolo districts.
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A leopard, resting comfortably in a large acacia tree (Acacia tortilis), basks in the last rays of the setting sun.
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The Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) is adapted for life in arid thornbush country. It has long limbs and a very long neck that enables it to feed on browse beyond the reach of all other antelopes. It often stands on its hind legs for extra reach.
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When bountiful rain falls after many months of dry, dusty conditions, the semi-arid countryside of Northern Kenya comes alive with a profusion of wild flowers. Livestock put on weight, cows come back into milk and the pastoral people can relax for a while.
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Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo.
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Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo.
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Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria, feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters.
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Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria, feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters.
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Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria, feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters.
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Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm, alkaline lake.
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Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm, alkaline lake.
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Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm, alkaline lake.
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A magnificent bull Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) stands sentinel on an old termite mound near Lake Bogoria.
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Lake Baringo, one of only two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift, lies in a shallow basin surrounded by hills where poor agricultural practices have led to bad soil erosion. In consequence, the lake's waters are red with suspended solids.
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Daybreak over Lake Baringo with a Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) silhouetted in the reeds.
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Lake Baringo, one of only two freshwater lakes of the Eastern Rift, lies in a shallow basin surrounded by hills where poor agricultural practices have led to bad soil erosion. In consequence, the lake's waters are red with suspended solids. The Il Chamus people live near the lake shores and on the islands. Related to the maa-speaking Samburu, they make a uniques raft from the light wood of the Ambatch tree (Aeschynomene sp) that grows in swampy ground around the lake.
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A Pokot youth has his hair styled with Ochred clay and decorated with beads and buttons to denote his recent circumcision.
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A Pokot warrior with a traditional blue clay hairstyle tends his camels in a lugga (seasonal watercourse) while waiting his turn to water them from a deep well.
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A Pokot warrior with a traditional blue clay hairstyle tends his camels in a lugga (seasonal watercourse) while waiting his turn to water them from a deep well.
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Two jovial Pokot girls set off with leather bags in search of edible berries. Pokot girls and women traditionally wore leather skirts and capes made from home-tanned goatskins. The necklaces of young girls are made from small segments of sedge grass.
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A girl from the Ogiek community of hunter-gathers living in the Mau Forest keeps warm in a cowhide. Following Maasai custom, she wears a decorated headband which marks her recent circumcision.
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A Tea picker on an estate near Kericho, the main tea growing region of Kenya. Tea is Kenya's most important export crop.
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Tea pickers on a large estate near Kericho, the centre of Kenya's most important export crop. Many of the estates adjoin the Mau Forest, an important watershed for Lake Victoria.
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Brightly painted fishing boats of the Luo people find safe harbour on Lake Victoria at Dunga Beach near Kisumu. The fishermen catch tilapia, nile perch and a small sardine like fish called omena (Stolothrissa tanganicae), which is sun-dried before being taken to market.
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A Luo fishing boat under sail near Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria.
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An old Luo lady smoking a traditional clay pipe.
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An African fish eagle (Halliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a fish with its talons off Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria.
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Lesser flamingos (Phoeiniconaias minor) in flight over Lake Nakuru, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system where tens of thousands of them may be seen lining the shores for many months of the year.
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A herd of graceful impala antelopes (Aepyceros melampus) graze beneath yellow-barked 'fever trees' (Acacia xanthophloea) in Lake Nakuru National Park. Nineteenth-century European explorers gave the tree its nickname because it flourishes in places of high groundwater, which attracts mosquitoes. The link between 'fever' - in fact, malaria - and mosquitoes was not recognized until the 1880's.
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Traditional thatched homesteads perched on top of the fertile Tugen Hills, looking across the Kerio Valley to the western scarp of the Gregory Rift (the Keiyo Escarpment). The Tugen Hills are a huge fault block in the middle of the Rift where important fossils remains of early man, as well as of animal and fish species, have been discovered near the top of the hills.
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A traditional thatched home of the Tugen people nestles on a crest of the picturesque Tugen Hills.
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Traditional thatched houses and smallholdings of the Pokot people dot the landscape on top of the fertile Cherangani Hills, which was once a forested area.
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Traditional Marakwet homesteads built on the rocky eastern slopes of the Cherangani Hills have a fine view across the Kerio Valley.
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Traditional Marakwet houses built on the rocky eastern slopes of the Cherangani Hills have a fine view across the Kerio Valley.
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Traditional Marakwet houses built on the rocky eastern slopes of the Cherangani Hills in an area known as the Tot Escarpment.
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An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year.
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An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year.
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An aerial photograph of a long line of wildebeest during their migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year.
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An aerial photograph of a long line of wildebeest during their migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year.
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An aerial photograph of wildebeest during their migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year.
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A lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) perches on top of a Ballanites tree to survey the grassy plains of Masai Mara where tens of thousands of wild animals roam. Wildebeest can be seen in the background.
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Large herds of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) congregate in Masai Mara during the annual migration form Serengeti and back.
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During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.
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During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.
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During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.
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During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.
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During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions. At times, their crossing places are badly chosen and many drown.
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The Ogiek people are hunter-gatherers who live in the Mau forest. They gather honey for consumption and for sale from beehives they make from hollowed-out logs. Here, an old man in a forest clearing ties cedar bark round the outside of a new hive. A person may own as many as three hundred hives hung in specific family-owned trees over a wide area, harvesting them at eight-month intervals.
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A 'flotilla' of Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) on Lake Naivasha, one of two freshwater lakes of the central section of the Eastern Rift ( known as the Gregory Rift) and the highest lake of the Great Rift system (6,181 feet).
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With rain threatening, Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) bask in the sun on the shores of Lake Naivasha, one of two freshwater lakes of the central section of the Eastern Rift ( known as the Gregory Rift) and the highest lake of the Great Rift system (6,181 feet).
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Lake Elmenteita, a shallow, ephemeral alkaline lake, lies in the trough of the Gregory Rift between Lakes Naivasha and Nakuru. Lesser flamingos frequent its waters and pelicans sometimes breed on its islands.
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A lone Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) stands dwarfed by the huge fluted escarpments that dominate the volcanic landscape in a small National Park south of Lake Naivasha.
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An extensive network of huge caves and tunnels honeycombs the extinct volcano at Suswa. They were formed when lava continued to flow underground long after the exposed upper crust had cooled and solidified.
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An extensive network of huge caves and tunnels honeycombs the extinct volcano at Suswa. They were formed when lava continued to flow underground long after the exposed upper crust had cooled and solidified.
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Two lions pause beside a Balanites tree in Masai Mara as rain threatens.
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A pride of lions in Masai Mara with storm clouds in the distance.
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A black-maned lion stretches in front of a lioness in Masai Mara.
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Two lions fight to the death over a lioness. The one on the left is already badly injured.
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An early morning hot air balloon flight over Masai Mara.
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Two Maasai warriors watch a hot air balloon flight over Masai Mara.
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As the late afternoon sun bathes a lone Balanites tree and the red oat grass of the Mara plains in golden light, distant storm clouds and a double rainbow fill the sky.
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Storm clouds over Masai Mara shortly before sunset.
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Marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) roost in an acacia tree at sunset.
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A male leopard (Panthera pardus) rests is a Ballanites tree in the heat of the day.
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Mount Kenya, 17,058 feet high, is Africa's second highest snow-capped mountain.
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Mount Kenya is Africa's second highest snow-capped mountain. The highest peak, Batian, is 17,058 feet and the peak to its right, Nelion, is 17,022 feet. The plants in the foreground are giant groundsels or tree senecios (Senecio johnstonii ssp battiscombei), one of several plant species displaying afro-montane gigantism that flourish above 10,000 feet.
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An aerial view of Mount Kenya, 17,058 feet, which is Africa's second highest snow-capped mountain.
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Hut Tarn lies at an altitude of 14,800 feet, close to the peaks of Mount Kenya (17,058 feet). The plants in the foreground are giant groundsels or tree senecios (Senecio johnstonii ssp battiscombei) and just visible on the right is a lobelia (Lobelia telekii) . Both are plant species displaying afro-montane gigantism that flourish above 10,000 feet.
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Hut Tarn lies at an altitude of 14,800 feet, close to the peaks of Mount Kenya (in cloud on the left at 17,058 feet). The plants growing round the tarn are giant groundsels or tree senecios (Senecio johnstonii ssp battiscombei), which are one of several plant species that display afro-montane gigantism above 10,000 feet.
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Tyndall Tarn, 14,900 feet, nestles beneath the peaks of Mount Kenya - the highest, Batian, is 17,058 feet and on its right is Nelion at 17,022 feet. The glaciers are fast diminshing due to global warming.
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Mount Kenya at sunrise. At 17,058 feet, Mount Kenya is Africa's second highest snow-capped mountain. Its peak is the hard plug of a huge ancient volcano that was active 5 million years ago.
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The marina with the Asterias Suites in the background
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San Urbano Church above Toscolano-Maderna.
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Toscolano-Maderno marina with San Urbano Church above.
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Promenade at Gardone Riviera with tables and chairs.
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Yacht in the marina at Salo.
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Windsurfers for rent at Torbole, famous for strong winds.
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Tempietto, the only church by Palladio outside Venice and one of his last projects, built in 1580
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Villa Barbaro a fine example of Palladian architecture.
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Villa Barbaro a fine example of Palladio architecture
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Medieval castle in Padua
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Piazza del Santo and the Basilica di San Antonio
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Small boat delivering flowers down one of the many side canals runing off the Grand Canal. Villa with venetian arched windows.
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Sunset behind the domes of the Santa Maria della Salute.
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Gondolas in the early morning moored at the quayside at St Marks Square with Palladio's San Giorgio Maggiore in the background.
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Venetian artist with Palladio's San Giorgio Maggiore and campanile in the background.
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View from The Rialto Bridge looking down the Grand Canal at sunset.
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The Rialto Bridge at sunset.
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A single gondola on the Grand Canal at sunset with typical Venetian villas and the dome of Accademia in the background.
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The typical brightly coloured houses on Burano island with a campanile in the background
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The central canal and the typical brightly coloured houses on Burano island
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View of Venice waterfront and the entrance to the Grand Canal from ferryboat with the Palazzo Ducale The domes of St Marks cathedral and the Campanile
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View of Venice waterfront and the entrance to the Grand Canal from ferryboat with the Palazzo Ducale The domes of St Marks cathedral and the Campanile
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Gondolas at the waterfront pavement know as the Molo with the domes of the Santa Maria della Salute in the background
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Gondolas, the Campanile and column topped by the Lion of St Mark
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The entrance to The Grand Canal with water taxi and Santa Maria della Salute on the left.
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The Grand Canal with water taxis and typical Venetian villas
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Canal in the quite Jewish quarter Ghetto Nuovissima in Cannaregio
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Small canal in the quite Cannaregio district
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View over the typical red roofs of Vadobbiadene near Monte belluna
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The town of Feltre at the base of the Dolomites
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Valley above the village of Alleghe
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Grotte di Catullo in Sirmione at the southern end of the lake.
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The Rocca Scaligera at Sirmione at the southern end of the lake
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Lemons produced on the Riviera Bresciana the western sheltered shore of the lake.
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Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore one of the most significant Romanesque churches in northern Italy.
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view over the city and the Adige river
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View of the Ponte Pietra bridge and the Adige river towards the Castel San Pietro
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The arched exterior of the Roman Arena at sunset with the Palazzo del Municipale in the background
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The Ponte Scaliegro and the Castelvechio
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Prato della Valle claimed to be the largest town square in Italy with Basilicata di Santa Giustina in the background
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Prato della Valle claimed to be the largest town square in Italy with Basilicata di Santa Giustina in the background
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Prato della Valle claimed to be the largest town square in Italy with Basilicata di Santa Giustina in the background
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Neptunes fountain in Piazza Nettuno
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Sunset over Florence, the Ponte Vecchio and the river Arno.
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The Campanile and Duomo in the piazza Del Duomo.
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Ponte Vecchio spanning the river Arno
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Ponte Vecchio spanning the river Arno
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Santa Croce church where Michaelangelo and Galileo are buried in the Piazza Santa Croce
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Ammannati's neptune fountain in Piazza della Signoria
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The Duomo, the Campanile and the Baptistry in the Piazza del Duomo.
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The Duomo, the Campanile and the Baptistry in the Piazza del Duomo.
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View from the top of the Campanile looking towards The dome of Brunelleschi's cathedral which was built without scaffolding.
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View from the top of the Campanile looking towards The dome of Brunelleschi's cathedral which was built without scaffolding.
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The Piazza and church of Santa Maria Novella
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Cafe at Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking Florence at sunset with The Duomo in the background.
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View from Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking Florence at sunset with The Duomo, The Ponte Vecchio and river Arno.
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Bronze copy of Michelangelo's David in the Piazzale Michelangelo at dawn
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Frescoed Palazzo dei Cavaleiri and Santo Stefano church in the medeval Plazza dei Cavaleiri
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The Duomo and the leaning Tower of Pisa in The Field of Miracles.
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The Baptistry in The field of Miracles
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The Duomo and the leaning Tower of Pisa in The Field of Miracles
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The leaning Tower of Pisa in The Field of Miracles
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The Baptistry the Duomo and The Leaning Tower of Pisa in The Field of Miracles
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Beach huts and walkway at this Tuscan seaside resort
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Nature reserve Lago Massaciuccli where Pucicini lived
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Deck chairs and umbrellas on the beach
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The extraordinary Piazza Anfiteatro built on the ruins foundations of a roman amphitheatre
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Sunset over the small town of Coreglia Antelminelli with the Alpi Apuane mountains
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The famous hog backed bridge at Borgo a Mozzano "The Devil's Bridge with steam train passing by
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Medieval village between Montecatini and Vinci amounst olive groves
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Obelisk in the Boboli gardens
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Obelisk in the Boboli gardens
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Lion fountain and water butt in the Boboli Gardens
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Tuscan counrtyside with Vines and Almond trees with walled town perched on top of hill, near Siena
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Tuscan counrtyside with Vines and Almond trees with walled town perched on top of hill, near Siena
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Tuscan counrtyside with Vines, Almond trees and farm buildings with walled town perched on top of hill, near Siena
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View of town at sunset with church and bell tower
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Piazza della Cisterna and one of the Ardinghelli towers with a Salvucci tower rearing up behind, 2 of the 15 surviving towers built by feuding nobles in the twelfth and thirteen century originally there were 72 towers in this small town
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2 of the 15 surviving towers built by feuding nobles in the twelfth and thirteen century originally there were 72 towers in this small town
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Vines in typical Tuscan countryside at sunset
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Poppy amoungst spring flowers
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The unusual round romanesque church of Monte Siepe which contains the the sword San Galgano thrust into stone when he renounced his violent past
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The unusual round romanesque church of Monte Siepe which contains the the sword San Galgano thrust into stone when he renounced his violent past
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The ruins of Abbazia di San Galgano which took 70 years to build by the Cistertian monks and finished in 1288 but a succession of famine, black death and lightning strikes lead to deconsecration in 1789 and abandonment.
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Colanndes of Piazza San Pietro and the Vatican
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Piazza San Pietro, Basilica of St Peters and Egyptian Obelisk
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The facade of theBasilica of St Peters
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Spanish steps with the Trinitˆ dei Monti and egyptian obelisk at the top
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Sign for Babington's Tea Rooms at the bottom of the Spanish Steps
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The Vittorio Emanuel Monument built to commemorate italian Unification
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Church and cafe in Anac‡pri
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View from the summit of Monte Solaro (596 meters high) which is reached by chair lift from anac‡pri with views across to the Sorrento and Amalfi coast
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View from the balcony of the Excelsior Vittoria with Mount Vesuvius across the bay of Naples and four masted ship
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Mount Vesuvius across the bay of Naples from above Sorrento
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Mount Vesuvius across the bay of Naples with umbrella pines in the foreground
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Sandy beach and spa at Lacco Ameno who's waters are said to be the most radioactive in Italy
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The Chiesa Soccorso at Forio a landmark whitewashed church that protects the fishermen
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The Chiesa Soccorso at Forio a landmark whitewashed church that protects the fishermen
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Pastel coloured houses in the old fishing harbour of Marina Grande
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Pastel coloured houses in the old fishing harbour of Marina Grande
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Temple of Ceres one of three temples on this site that are the best preserved Doric temples in Europe
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Temple of Ceres one of three temples on this site that are the best preserved Doric temples in Europe
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View of the Amalfi coast from the famous gardens of Villa Rufolo
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Lemons and peppers for sale at the roadside
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Fishing boats in the crystal clear waters of the seaside resort Modello
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Fourteenth century Duomo and campanile
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Castle and lookout on the northwest coast
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Sandy beach and umbrellas
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Sandy beach and lifeguard on lookout
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Facade and campanile of Monreal Cathedral
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Fishing boats pulled up on the beach outside the old town at sunset
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Fiat ciquecento at the old port ( Marina Corta) of Lipari town
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Fishingboats and house facades at the old port ( Marina Corta) of Lipari town
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Very picturesque town on of one of the grandest routes on the island the SS185
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Tempio di Giunone in the Valley of the temples which were built during the fifth century BC
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Tempio della Concordia in the Valley of the temples which were built during the fifth century BC
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The old town which was split in two by a massive earthquake in 1693
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The Duomo in the Piazza del Duomo at sunset
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Piazza IX Aprile and the Torre dell'Orologio
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Bay of Taormina Mare with Giardini Naxos and Mount Etna smoking in the background
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The Siq and the entrance to the Treasury
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Desert patrol soldiers on the steps to the Treasury
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El Dier the monastery at Petras high point
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Camel resting within the old city of Petra with tomb in background
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Petroglyphs dating from Nabatean period
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Bedouin jeep driver
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Bedouin jeep driver
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Outlying granite massif and edge of the Isalo National Park
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A chameleon head clasps the stalk of a small bush
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Panther Chameleon (Fucifer parfalis)
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Avenue of Boababs (Adamsonia grandidieri)
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A Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) sits on the branches of a tree
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A boy does a backflip on the beach
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Chameleon in erect stance on a tourist’s hand
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Panther Chameleon holds on to a small branch (Fucifer pardalis)
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Panther Chameleon (Fucifer pardalis) holds on to a small branch Not available for Exclusive sale
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Main park trail leads into the dense rainforest
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Local taxi laden with baggage
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A group of tourists walk along the Avenue of the boababs
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Water lilies in pond beneath baobabs
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Water lilies in pond beneath boababs
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Local fishermen selling a model boat from his wooden canoe
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Statue of Sukhbaatar who saved Mongolians from Chinese rule, Suhbaater Square
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Sukhbaater's mausoleum in front of Ulsyn Ix Xural government building in Suhbaater Square
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Tradtional Mongolian ger or felt tent on the western steppe
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View of city from the south
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Trekkers crossing temporary bridge, Marsyandi Valley
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Trekkers crossing temporary bridge, Marsyandi Valley
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Terraced fields near Khudi with Manaslu (8163m) and Himalchuli (7893m) beyond, Marsyandi Valley
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Nepalese girl bidding “Namaste” (“Welcome”), Manang
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Porter walking through snow near the Thorung La with Gangapurna and Annapurna III behind.
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Buddhist prayer flags, Swayambhunath Stupa, the Monkey Temple
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Traditonal stone house, Chaurikharka near Lukla on the Everest Trek
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Namche Bazaar
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Mt. Everest (prominent peak on right) from Gokyo Ri
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Looking towards Fluted Peak (6387m) from the slopes of Cherko Ri
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Looking towards Fluted Peak (6387m) from the slopes of Cherko Ri
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Tibetan Buddhist stupa and prayer flags silhouetted against sunset
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Prayer wheels and flags, Melamchi Ghyang Gompa (Tibetan Buddhist monastery)