Nepal Photos

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:14:00

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Prayer Wheel

Photograph by Ethan Welty/Aurora Photos

A trekker spins the giant prayer wheel at the Buddhist nunnery in Devuche, a village in the Khumbu region of the Himalaya and a stop for some climbers on the trail to Mount Everest.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:14:14

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Thorung La Pass, Annapurna Range

Photograph by Helmut Zhang, My Shot

A hiker is dwarfed by a snowy rise on the 17,769-foot (5,415-meter) Thorung La Pass on the Annapurna Circuit. The popular trek takes hikers around the Himalaya’s majestic Annapurna Range, which features some of the world’s highest peaks and deepest valleys.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:14:25

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Kitchen, Lo Manthang

Photograph by David Stubbs/Aurora Photos

Village women gather under a sun-pierced roof in the walled town of Lo Manthang, where life today proceeds much as it has for centuries. Founded about 1420, Lo Manthang is the capital of Mustang, a remote enclave of Tibetan Buddhist culture in northern Nepal.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:14:39

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Buddhist Spiritualist, Annapurna

Photograph by Brandon Sawaya/Aurora Photos

A trekker on the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalaya visits a lama, or Buddhist priest, to seek a blessing to ensure a successful crossing of the Thorung La Pass, the trail’s most difficult challenge.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:14:51

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Nyatapola Temple, Bhaktapur

Photograph by Juan Manuel Castro Prieto/Agence VU/Aurora Photos

Flashing touches of modernity, a woman descends the steps of the 18th-century Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur. Located 8 miles (13 kilometers) east of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur has a strong Hindu heritage and contains so many artistic and architectural marvels that it has been designated a U.N. World Heritage site.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-19 14:15:04

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Boudhanath Temple, Kathmandu

Photograph by Alison Wright

In Kathmandu, the devout light oil lamps at Boudhanath, a stupa patterned on a mandala design. Buddhists walk around the sacred monuments clockwise, the same direction a prayer wheel spins.

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