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
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
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
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
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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Park bench under a stand of tall trees and shrubs. Cape Town, South Africa
Theewaterskloof; collect; color image; colour image; countryside; dam; drowned forest; forest; horizontal format; mountains; no people; outdoors; photography; reservoir; retain; supply; tree trunks; valley; water
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Theewaterskloof Dam, Western Cape Province, South Africa. A deep valley was closed in, the trees that have been ?drowned? remain standinf as reminders of the forests that were there.
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
Theewaterskloof; collect; color image; colour image; countryside; dam; drowned forest; forest; horizontal format; mountains; no people; outdoors; photography; reservoir; retain; supply; tree trunks; valley; water
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Theewaterskloof Dam, Western Cape Province, South Africa. A deep valley was closed in, the trees that have been ?drowned? remain standinf as reminders of the forests that were there.
Pieris Japonica, Mountain fire. An evergreen shrub with shiny, ovate leaves that emerge red, changing to bronze then dark green. In spring, older plants bear densly packed racemes of bell-shaped, white flowers.