Ki Buddhist Gompa, Spiti.

Trans Himalaya

Folder: South Asia
Of nature and man in the remote high trans-Himalaya regions of Ladakh and Spiti, far north India. All is built of rock or stone, and upon rock and stone, in this harsh high altitude landscape.
Hunder sand dunes @ 3,700meters

Hunder sand dunes @ 3,700meters

05 Aug 2009 17 21 1537
High altitude desert..with spring. Nubra Valley. Ladakh (Little Tibet).India
Nubra Valley @ 3700meters

Nubra Valley @ 3700meters

05 Aug 2009 6 3 1025
Hunder village, in high altitude desert. near line of control with Pakistan, in Ladakh, India. Buddhist chorten.
Nubra Valley @ 3700meters

Nubra Valley @ 3700meters

06 Aug 2009 11 8 1024
Shyok River and high altitude desert. Ladakh. India. Roof of the world
Diana at Tso Moriri - sunset

Diana at Tso Moriri - sunset

09 Aug 2009 10 14 1115
At 4,600 meters In India, near the border with Tibet. (by Janette)
Zanskar. Parkachik Glacier

Zanskar. Parkachik Glacier

27 Jul 2009 11 9 1370
Suru Valley in the Zanskar Valley of India. Retreating glacier, almost disappearing. 10 years ago it filled the whole valley far below for several kilometres. We climbed 500 meters from the road to get to the retreating base of this glacier, at 4500 meters on the other side of the Himalaya in the Central Asia massifs of Ladakh.
Pack pony, Tibetan style

Pack pony, Tibetan style

09 Aug 2009 8 9 1067
Tso Moriri, Ladkah, India,. (Near Tibet border at 4600meters altitude. Pony caravans are used to transport goods long distance to remote settlements.
Early morning: Spiti Valley

Early morning: Spiti Valley

16 Aug 2009 12 10 1092
India. Trans-Himalaya.
Suru Valley road. Zanskar. India

Suru Valley road. Zanskar. India

27 Jul 2009 13 7 1311
The scale of it...do you see the bridge, the bus and van? This is at 3,700 meters altitude.
Yagar Tso (Yagar Lake) at 3800m.

Yagar Tso (Yagar Lake) at 3800m.

05 Aug 2009 10 2 1326
Nubra Valley. Ladakh. India
Leh-Manali highway @ 4,800m

Leh-Manali highway @ 4,800m

12 Aug 2009 18 11 1418
North Indian Himalaya. The truck near centre of photo gives some idea of the scale of the photo
Hot spring and mineral deposits

Hot spring and mineral deposits

08 Aug 2009 14 8 1233
Ladakh. India
Spiti @ 3,800meters

Spiti @ 3,800meters

14 Aug 2009 19 13 1308
North India. Trans Himalaya. The mountains are around 7,000 meters high here.
Spiti Valley @ 3,800 meters.

Spiti Valley @ 3,800 meters.

14 Aug 2009 15 9 1174
North India. Trans Himalaya. The mountains are around 7,000 meters high here.
Ibex avec ses copains......VOIR EN GRAND SVP

Ibex avec ses copains......VOIR EN GRAND SVP

04 Sep 2007 7 4 1029
A 4000 meters......Haut Himalayas au toit du monde
Pashmina goats

Pashmina goats

10 Aug 2009 13 9 1375
A 4000 meters...Ladakh. India. Dans un camp de nomades. On les met dans ces cirques de pierres pour les garder des leopards de neige pendant la nuit...il veut sortir pour manger son petit dejuener!
Mountainscape @ 3800meters

Mountainscape @ 3800meters

03 Sep 2007 20 7 1183
Ladakh. India. These peaks are around 6-7000 meters.
Himalayan Vulture. Milieu naturel.FOND NOIR

Himalayan Vulture. Milieu naturel.FOND NOIR

25 Sep 2007 19 13 1098
A 3800m aux hautes Himalayas. These birds are becoming rare as their prey is contaminated with poisons from agriculture. I did not crop the photo.....the bird was on the roadside and I walked close to it.
Indus Valley. Lakdakh @ 4000 meters

Indus Valley. Lakdakh @ 4000 meters

10 Sep 2007 19 13 1205
High in Ladakh towards Tibet...ripe barley crops line the narrow valley.FOND NOIR
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