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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A young Himalayan Musk Deer - or Moschus chrysogaster as it is known by it's scientific name - forages for food in the Gokyo Valley. If Yetis do indeed live near here, they probably hunt this animal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A young Himalayan Musk Deer - or Moschus chrysogaster as it is known by it's scientific name - forages for food in the Gokyo Valley. If Yetis do indeed live near here, they probably hunt this animal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A young Himalayan Musk Deer - or Moschus chrysogaster as it is known by it's scientific name - forages for food in the Gokyo Valley. If Yetis do indeed live near here, they probably hunt this animal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A young Himalayan Musk Deer - or Moschus chrysogaster as it is known by it's scientific name - forages for food in the Gokyo Valley. If Yetis do indeed live near here, they probably hunt this animal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A young Himalayan Musk Deer - or Moschus chrysogaster as it is known by it's scientific name - forages for food in the Gokyo Valley. If Yetis do indeed live near here, they probably hunt this animal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang Himalaya -- Apr 2009 -- The aftermath of an extensive forest fire in the Langtang Himalaya of Nepal. Thousands of fires broke out in the dry winter months and burned through to a crescendo in the spring of 2009. Dozens of Nepali security forces died fighting the blazes and many were set intentionally by people being careless with fires, cigarettes and even starting fires deliberately to increase growth a grass which is collected in many of the high forest areas of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- Pine tree in the Everest region of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- Male Danphe or Lophophorus impejanus (as it is known by its scientific name). This is the national bird of Nepal. It is also known by the name of Himalayan Monal and Impeyan Pheasant -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang National Park -- May 2009 -- Aftermath of a forest fire in Langtang National Park. Hundreds of forest fires across the Nepal Himalaya burnt thousands of hectares of forest in the spring of 2009 -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Near Phunki Tenga -- Porters make their way towards Phunki Tenga carrying commercial loads. Trekking in the Monsoon season is not always a rainy experience, as the sunny weather here shows (this photo taken at the end of July). The advantages of a Monsoon trek in the Everest region are many, while mountain views are not always available, the whole area bursts into life and usually, on rainy days, it only rains for a few hours, meaning that the trekker does not get as wet as they would perhaps expect. Uncrowded trails and lush scenery reveal an often unseen side of the Khumbu Himal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang National Park -- Apr 2009 -- Forest fire in Langtang National Park. Hundreds of forest fires across the Nepal Himalaya burnt thousands of hectares of forest in the spring of 2009 -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang National Park -- Apr 2009 -- Forest fire in Langtang National Park. Hundreds of forest fires across the Nepal Himalaya burnt thousands of hectares of forest in the spring of 2009 -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- 03 Oct 2007 -- A traditional Sherpa house amid the potato fields in the village of Phortse in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Khumbu Himalaya -- Dec 2005 -- Pine forest in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- A Himalayan Thar Goat - or Hemitragus jemlahicus - as it is known by it's scientific name. If the Yeti does exist in this area, it is likely it eats these goats -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Near Pheriche -- A Sherpa woman heads up the trail to Pheriche in the Everest region of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- A composite image panorama of Mount Everest (8848m centre-left), Mount Lhotse and Mount Nuptse. In the background on the right is Mount Makalu. This is the splendid view from Gokyo Peak of the Great Himalayan Range -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Phortse -- 03 Oct 2007 -- Stupa in Phortse in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- A view of the Sherpa village of Phortse and it's gompa (monastery), one of the highest human settlements in the world at approx 4000m altitude in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Dhunche -- Apr 2009 -- Street scene in Dhunche, Nepal - a popular start to the Gosainkund Trek and the Langtang Himalaya trek. The hazy background is due to forest fires, which were widespread across the Himalayas in the spring of 2009 -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Near Namche Bazaar -- 23 Aug 2007 -- Two Nepalese porters make their way up the mountain from Namche in the Khumbu Himalaya ( Everest region ) of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- A Sherpa woman sets off with some yaks loaded with camping equipment. Tourism is important to the Sherpa economy -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- Cloud on Mount Khumbila in the Everest region of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Nagarkot -- Dawn in the Himalayas viewed from Nagarkot, Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Everest Region -- Tibetan Snow Cocks ( Tetraogallus tibetanus ) in Sagarmatha National Park -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Porters unpack a camp for trekkers at a lodge in Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Often, small groups of wealthy trekkers hire dozens of support staff for their camps and have lavish meals cooked for them during the trek -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Kunde -- 15 Sep 2007 -- The Tibetan Buddhist monastery ( gompa ) at Kunde in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Dole -- A porter takes a rest in Dole, Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang Himalaya -- Trekkers in the Langtang National Park - a popular trek 75km north of Kathmandu, Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Aug 2007 -- A Sherpa family rebuild a fence made from firewood reserves in their yard in Namche Bazaar, Nepal, as a porter passes with his load. Life in this part of the mountains is by no means easy for most and many Sherpas work hard on daily tasks to keep their house in order. Wood is an expensive commodity in these parts -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mong La -- The marvellous view from Mong La in the Khumbu Himalaya ( Everest region ). This seemless composite image panorama shows Mount Cholatse and Taboche (left), Mount Ama Dablam (centre) and Mount Cholatse and Thamserku (right). The village of Phortse is also visible on the centre right of this image -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- A Sherpa woman sets off with some yaks loaded with camping equipment. Tourism is important to the Sherpa economy -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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EARTH NEPAL / TIBET -- 06 Jan 2011 -- This image taken from the International Space Station shows the glaciers around the north western side of Mount Everest - which straddles the border between Chinese-controlled Tibet and Nepal. The top of the image is north and shows the two Tibetan galciers of Rongbuk West and Rongbuk East. The Everest Ice Fall and the Khumbu Glacier are visible along with the West Shoulder of Mount Everest on the left of the image. Rising temperatures as a result of global warming are rapidly melting these glaciers - which could have a devastating impace on South Asian nations like India and Nepal in the coming decades -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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NEPAL Near Namche Bazaar -- Farmer's fields near Namche Bazaar, in the Everest region of Nepal. Potatos are the main crop, along with barley grown all over this region -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang National Park -- Apr 2009 -- Forest fire in Langtang National Park. Hundreds of forest fires across the Nepal Himalaya burnt thousands of hectares of forest in the spring of 2009. People in the foreground watch them over the village of Thulo Bharku -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang -- May 2009 -- A ripening barley crop growing at an altitude of approximately 2000m in the Langtang Himalaya of Nepal. This variety of barley grows well near rivers and makes up the staple Tsampa flour - after being roasted and ground - which is eaten by most Tamangs and Tibetans -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Jun 2007 -- A Nepali man sells small bananas on market day (Saturday) in Namche Bazaar, the commercial capital of the Khumbu region

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NEPAL Mount Pokalde -- Jul 2007 -- A waterfall in the Nangpa Valley. Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon months is becoming increasingly popular for some. While the views are not so spectacular as in the main seasons, the elusive, cloudy landscapes are enchanting. The Monsoon reveals a different side of the Everest region, with bright displays of flowers and less trekkers, allowing for a different trek to the usual one -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Dudh Khosi Valley -- Jul 2007 -- A spectacular waterfall in the Dudh Khosi valley. Waterfalls are one of the highlights of a Monsoon trek. Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon months is becoming increasingly popular for some. While the views are not so spectacular as in the main seasons, the elusive, cloudy landscapes are enchanting. The Monsoon reveals a different side of the Everest region, with bright displays of flowers and less trekkers, allowing for a different trek to the usual one -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- Trekkers head down to the second lake of the Gokyo Vally on the Everest trail -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Near Pangboche -- 02 Aug 2007 -- Sherpa schoolchildren return home from Pangboche school. The school is named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man (along with Tenzing Norgay) to summit Mount Everest, who built many schools in the Khumbu region and also helped communities out with renovation of monasteries, water supply and many other worthy deeds after he summited Everest in 1953 -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Pokalde -- Jul 2007 -- A waterfall in the Nangpa Valley. Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon months is becoming increasingly popular for some. While the views are not so spectacular as in the main seasons, the elusive, cloudy landscapes are enchanting. The Monsoon reveals a different side of the Everest region, with bright displays of flowers and less trekkers, allowing for a different trek to the usual one -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- 04 Oct 2007 -- A view of the Sherpa village of Phortse, one of the highest human settlements in the world at approx 4000m altitude in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Jul 2007 -- Namche Gompa (Monastery) -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mong La -- A Sherpa boy sits near a chorten in the small hamlet of Mong Pass at the entrance to the Gokyo Valley in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mong La -- The spectacular panoramic view from Mong La in the Khumbu Himalaya ( Everest region ). Peaks from the left are Mount Cholatse, Mount Taboche, Mount Ama Dablam, Mount Kangtega and Mount Thamserku. This panorama is made from a composite of CMOS 10MP JPEG images. While a typical beautiful view of the HImalayas, this image shows the glaceiers which are melting due to climate change and temperature rises, threatening the water supply of over 500m people. In a decade or two, this panorama may look quite different -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Aug 2007 -- Sherpa children play in the street on market day in Namche Bazaar in the Everest region of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- Sep 2007 -- Landscape looking down the Gokyo Valley from near Machermo in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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A picture of the striking Himalayan peak Ama Dablam. The imposing peak is bathed in sunlight, flanked by smaller peaks and is framed by pine trees.

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- 04 Oct 2007 -- A Sherpa boy on the trail neat to Pheriche from Namche Bazaar in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal. Sherpa children have to take responsibility at an early age and usually have to work hard when they enter their teens. Here this boy shepherds several Yaks back from an errand -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Nagarkot -- A dawn view of Ganesh Himal through the haze produced by the nearby Kathmandu Valley. Air pollution is a serious problem in the Himalayan city and is exasperated by low winter rainfall -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Mount Khumbila -- Revered as their protector diety by the local Sherpas, this mountain is the only one in the region which climbers are not allowed to ascend. The Sherpas also have a legend which states that when the mountain god looses it's snows and glaciers, great natural calamity will result -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- 03 Oct 2007 -- A traditional Sherpa house in the village of Phortse in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- A panorama showing the Lhostse Massif and Mount Everest - the world's tallest peak at 8848m (peak on the right). On the left is the summit of Mount Nuptse and on the right is the summits of Mount Lhotse and Lhotse Shah and on the far right Peak 38 -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- Sep 2007 -- A group of trekkers in the Gokyo Valley from near Machermo in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal. Tourism is an important area of the Nepalese economy -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Phortse -- 03 Oct 2007 -- Stupa in Phortse in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Langtang Himalaya -- Trekkers leave Thulo Shyaphru in the Langtang valley - a popular trek 75km north of Kathmandu, Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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EARTH India -- 1990s -- Nangpa Parbat in Himanchal Pradesh in northern India photographed by a NASA astronaut -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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Prayer flags and the Himalayas

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NEPAL Kathmandu -- A general view of the Kathmandu Valley floor taken from the Swayambhunath stupa. An overcrowded, polluted urban environment has sprung up in recent decades, which combined with political chaos has left something of a broken city when this image was taken in late October 2009. The city's residents often suffer high levels of disease, noise pollution, food contamination, rubbish disposal problems and often lack water -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

Sunrise view from Nagarkot Hill Station near Kathmandu, Nepal. Himalayas above the clouds. Club Himalaya.

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NEPAL Nagarkot -- Dawn in the Himalayas -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mong La -- Sep 2007 -- View of Mong La with Mount Ama Dablam in the background -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Solu Khumbu -- Dec 2005 -- Working to lessen the effects of global-warming induced floods which now affect the Sherpas in the village of Phakding. Here some of them examine ways to remove a large boulder from the riverbed of a tributary of the Dudh Khosi River. By removing the boulder they hope to avoid future flood events harming the village, some 10 metres above this riverbed. Upon his return journey, the photographer noted that the locals had managed to successfully remove the boulder

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NEPAL Thame -- Dec 2005 -- Apa Sherpa pictured on his land in Thame in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal. Apa has summited Mount Everest over 18 times and holds the world record for summiting the famous mountain -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Peak -- Sep 2007 -- A Nepalese guide rests at the summit of Gokyo Peak in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- A composite image panorama of several 8000m peaks in the Khumbu Himalaya and in the foreground, the Ngozumpa Glacier. From the left - Mount Cho Oyu (far right), Mount Everest (8848m centre-left), Mount Lhotse and Mount Nuptse, Mount Makalu, Island Peak, Cholatse, Taboche. This is the splendid view from Gokyo Peak of the Great Himalayan Range -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Everest Region -- Mount Everest - the tallest peak in the world at 8848 metres -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- Jul 2007 -- Nepal's forest spring into life during the Monsoon and are one of the highlights of a Monsoon trek in the Khumbu Himal (Everest region). Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon months is becoming increasingly popular for some. While the views are not so spectacular as in the main seasons, the elusive, cloudy landscapes are enchanting. The Monsoon reveals a different side of the Everest region, with bright displays of flowers and less trekkers, allowing for a different trek to the usual one -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Kathmandu -- The former royal palace of the Shah dynasty, Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, which has now become a museum -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Everest Region -- Trekker near the summit of Gokyo Peak (Gokyo Ri). Mount Taboche (right) and Mount Cholatse are visible in the background -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Syangboche -- Sherpa women walk down a hill in Syangboche in the Syangboche in the Khumbu Himalaya ( Everest region ) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Near Shyaphru Bensi -- May 2009 -- Nepali Tamangs walk along a Chinese-built road near Shyaphru Bensi about 80km from Kathmandu, which will connect roads in nearby Tibet to Nepal. China is seeking to build two new roads - this one and another through the Annapurna region - which are supposed to be for trade, though many analysts worry about their military use in the future. Aside from trade, the Chinese have been pressuring Nepal to clamp down on Tibetans living in Nepal who fled the country after a brutal invasion which culminated in 1959. The Chinese military are pressing for more access and control of northern Himalayan provinces (all full of Tibetan Buddhists, some of whom are followers of the exiled Dalai Lama) and it appears that Nepal is in the middle of a larger Great Game between India and China -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- 17 Oct 2007 -- An old Sherpa woman in the street on market day in Namche Bazaar in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Kathmandu -- Aug 2009 -- Evening street scene in the Thamel area of Kathmandu, Nepal. This tourism hub is packed full of shops selling local wares and trekking and climbing equipment. An increase in tourists has led to a mini-boom in this sector since the 2006 peace accord, though is often denied progress by frequent Maoist protests, extortion of "taxes" from trekkers in some areas and blockades -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Gokyo Peak -- The view down the Gokyo valley from the slopes of Gokyo Peak in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- A composite image panorama of several 8000m peaks in the Khumbu Himalaya and in the foreground, the Ngozumpa Glacier. From the left - Mount Cho Oyu (far right), Mount Everest (8848m centre-left), Mount Lhotse and Mount Nuptse, Mount Makalu, Island Peak, Cholatse, Taboche. This is the splendid view from Gokyo Peak of the Great Himalayan Range -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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The road to Pheriche, Nepal

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- Sep 2007 -- The summit of Mount Everest is visible in this telephoto image. This image is from the WSW side of the mountain from several miles away. Despite several attempts, the summit was not reached until May 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. This image show part of the northern face where Mallory and Irving died during their summit attempt in the 1920s. Now the mountain is summited by large groups of climbers every May at the height of the climbing season -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- This mono panoramic image from the summit of Gokyo Ri shows the peak and summit of Mount Everest (centre-left) in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal. This is the world's highest peak at 8848m. To the right are the 7000 and 8000m summits of Mt Lhotse and Mt Nuptse, further to the right is the 8000m peak of Mt Makalu

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NEPAL Imja Glacier -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of the Imja Glacier and the lake that has formed upon it which is a sign of it's decline. Higher temperatures are spelling the end for many of the great glaciers of the Himalayas and many are forming dangerous glacial lakes like this - which can cause devastating Glacial Overburst Flood events (known as GLOF) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Aug 2007 -- A porter ties up his load at the Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Much of the commercial goods of the region are transported on foot by commercial porters. These goods are probably bound for villages in remote areas above Namche -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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Mount Everest peak, view from Kala Pattar, Nepal

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NEPAL Gokyo Valley -- Trekkers climb a ridge near Machermo -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Khumbu Himalaya -- 24 Sep 2007 -- Minor Himalayan glaciers on some of the lower peaks near Mount Cho Oyu. Glaciers like this and smaller are disappearing, some have already gone and scientists have noticed a retreating trend on many Himalayan glaciers since 1850. Smaller glaciers litter the Great Himalayan Range and due to temperature rises are expected to melt further - threatening the water supply and agriculture for over half a billion people -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Thamo -- Dec 2005 -- A Tibetan Buddhist monk passes a pile of mani stones as he enters the Sherpa village of Thamo in the Nangpa valley of the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- Buildings in Namche Bazaar in the Mount Everest region of the Himalayas -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- The sun sets over the Lhotse wall massif. On the left is Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 8848m and on the right is Mount Lhotse at 8516m, slightly right of this Mount Lhotse Shar at 8393m and on the far right is Mount Shartse II (or Peak 38 as it is also known) at 7591m -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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Mount Everest in the distance, Nepal

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- 17 Oct 2007 -- A porter sorts out his carrying basket on market day in Namche Bazaar in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal. In this mountainous, roadless region, these porters carry all goods in and out of the towns and villages, plus the equipment of trekkers and climbers -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Kathmandu -- A vendor wanders around the Ason Bazaar looking for customers for his wares -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Namche Bazaar -- 14 Aug 2007 -- A boy working as a porter finishes his day in Namche Bazaar in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Kathmandu -- Book stall in the Thamel area of central Kathmandu, Nepal -- Picture

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NEPAL Thulo Shyaphru -- Apr 2009 -- Nepalese Tamang man full length portrait, Thulo Shyaphru, Langtang Himalaya, Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Khumbu Glacier -- Jul 2007 -- A Mani stone and memorial chortens for dead climbers at the terminus of the Khumbu Glacier. Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon is often not so wet and although mountain views are more elusive than other seasons, there are many interesting things to see. Mostly trekking during this time of year provides a different side of the Khumbu Himal than in the usual seasons -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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Mount Everest peak as viewed from Kala Pattar, Nepal

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NEPAL Everest Region -- Trekker -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos