Himalaya Mountains panorama, Mount Everest, Makalu, Ngozumpa Glacier, from Gokyo Ri, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia

Prayer flags fly from the trekkers' peak of Gokyo Ri (17,575 feet / 5357 meters elevation). See Mount Everest (center left), adjacent Lhotse, and the distant pyramid of Makalu. The largest glacier in Nepal, Ngozumpa Glacier, flows down the valley floor covered in gray rocks. Its lateral moraine dams several lakes. To the left of Third Gokyo Lake is Gokyo village (15,583 feet / 4750 meters), a small cluster of teahouses for trekkers and climbers. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Panorama stitched from 5 images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.

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Prayer flags fly from the trekkers' peak of Gokyo Ri (17,575 feet / 5357 meters elevation). See Mount Everest (center left), adjacent Lhotse, and the distant pyramid of Makalu. The largest glacier in Nepal, Ngozumpa Glacier, flows down the valley floor covered in gray rocks. Its lateral moraine dams several lakes. To the left of Third Gokyo Lake is Gokyo village (15,583 feet / 4750 meters), a small cluster of teahouses for trekkers and climbers. Sagarmatha National Park was created in 1976 and honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Panorama stitched from 5 images. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.