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  • Trekkers sit in morning sunshine on the terrace of their guesthouse as gathering dark clouds approach the Himalayan village of Ghandrung, on 12th December 1997, In Ghandrung, Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • A young Nepali man peers out from a curtain to talk to an unseen neighbour in a remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal. It is a colourful (colorful) scene as the curtain fabric is a striking blue with mauve leaf motifs drawn in but it is a natural opposite colour against the badly-painted yellow wooden walls of his shack. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the mountains of the Tatra National Park and the Slovakian border in the distance, Polish walkers rest on spruce log benches, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Malejlaki, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Two walkers make their way alongside the Siwa Woda river in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Two Polish walkers take the path straight ahead in the Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Hikers walk on the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Hikers rest on the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest on seats and benches on the footpath leading towards the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest on seats and benches on the footpath leading towards the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Three silhouetted walkers (two women and one male) near the top of a hill near the village of Churchill, North Somerset, England. The image has only three tones, graduating from dark at the bottom, becoming lighter to the top. It is late in the day and the light is soft and warm in colour and the friends make their way up the gradient in single-file, each striding with legs apart as they climb the hill forming part of the Mendips. It is a scene of tranquillity, the landscape is peaceful and unspoilt for outdoor countryside pursuits like walking, one of the fastest-growing leisure activities in Britain for people who take advantage of rural England.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Hikers rest among deceased and dying spruce trees, near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
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  • A lady walker and her dog, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A walker rests with a background of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A mother pushes her child's buggy on a footpath in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Virgin boss, Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic directors Will Whitehorn and Stephen Attenborough, talk to the media during the unveiling of their SpaceShipTwo concept model's unveiling at the New York Wired NextFest at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.  Now under construction by Burt Rutan in Mojave, California and looking more like a Stanley Kubrick movie set from '2001 A Space Odyssey,' than the future for everyday holidays, SpaceShipTwo is a re-usable orbiting vehicle that will become an important tool for Man's leisure time in space when affordable commercial space tourism starts in around 2009.  .Aboard the re-usable space vehicle will be 6 passengers, each of whom will have paid $200,000 for the 40 minute flight to 360,000 feet (109.73km, or 68.18 miles) and to experience just 6 minutes of weighlessness..Launched in September 2004 by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic will invest up to $250 million to develop the world's first commercial space tourism business with the building, testing and flying of five space shipShipTwos and two mother ships.  It is expected that within the first full year of commercial operations Virgin Galactic will enable 500 people to fulfil their dreams of becoming astronauts; in the last 4 decades the world has seen fewer than 500 astronauts. Flights start around 2009..28/09/2006
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  • With the Slovakian border on the distant forested ridge, a lady walker climbs uphill from Biala Woda in southern Poland, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-122-17-09-2019.jpg
  • With the help of sticks, a walker makes his way past a mountain hut alongside the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-104-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A lady hiker climbs a footpath among diseased and dying spruce trees near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-34-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A lady walker makes her way along the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-45-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning. A traveller has emerged from his rudimentary room on the left of this lodge in Nepal to stand outside staring at the spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. The wind is whipping snow and ice from the peaks of the Annapurna range and trekkers come from all over the world to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • High in the Himalayan foothills, dawn arrives on a bitterly cold morning at Poon Hill. Trekkers have gathered at this spot to take in the wonder of this spectacular landscape of snow-capped peaks in the distance. A sherpa has written his name in ice on a rail and western travellers continue their journey higher into the Annapurna range to sample the inner-peace to be discovered here in one of the most dramatic locations on the planet. Villages partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak.
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  • Near piles of chopped wood logs, a local hotel owner makes adjustments to solar panels that powers his guesthouse business in a remote Himalayan village, and for the sake of passing trekkers wanting hot showers after the climb up to this altitude, on 12th December, Ghorepani, Nepal. Ghorepani is at a height of 2874m (9429 ft) and is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), requiring a national park permit to visit and contains a number of "guest houses" that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers, many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon Hill (3210m/10531 ft) to watch the sunrise.
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  • High in the Nepali Himalayan foothills, travellers may be greeted by the welcoming relief of a group of mountain inns and hotels offering lodging to weary legs after many hours walking uphill in this gruelling landscape. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • Near piles of chopped wood logs, a local hotel owner makes adjustments to solar panels that powers his guesthouse business in a remote Himalayan village, and for the sake of passing trekkers wanting hot showers after the climb up to this altitude, on 12th December, Ghorepani, Nepal. Ghorepani is at a height of 2874m (9429 ft) and is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), requiring a national park permit to visit and contains a number of "guest houses" that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers, many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon Hill (3210m/10531 ft) to watch the sunrise.
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  • A dawn landscape of a mountain hostel at Ghorepani in the Annapurna Sanctuary, a preservation area of Nepal, high in the Himalayan foothills, on 16th January 1997, in Ghorepani, Nepal. Villages like this partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Children play outside their home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers' rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
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  • A guest house sign near Ulleri on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. Locals meet at a table for morning tea and the sign advertises Laligurans Guest House, a well-built house on the popular route for travellers from around the world. <br />
Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers and great food is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • An wide aerial landscape of Ghandruk (also Gandruk), a town and Village in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,748 persons living in 1,013 individual households. Situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region (Parbat in Nepali) is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • Lit by early sun that filters through mountain peaks to this remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, we see the veranda of a tea shop that serves weary travellers trekking the Annapurna Circuit and traditional doko basket. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary, a sometimes gruelling walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak - and beyond. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller and the landscapes are often shared with local livestock.
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  • Under a threatening sky, freshly-painted blue gates overlook the Himalayan village of Ghandrung bathed in sunshine in central Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region (Parbat in the Nepali language) is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • A local man carries tourism industry supplies downhill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With the heavy load on his back, supported in the traditional Himalayan manner of a head strap that steadies the pack, the man makes his steady way down the foothill using a long pole for extra balance. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • A child plays outside its home with the backdrop of snow-tipped Himalayan mountain peaks, a location also serving as a trekkers' rest house with hot, solar-powered showers, on 10th November 1995, in Ghorepani, Himalayas, Nepal,
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  • Outdoor showers with a magnificent Himalayan view on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. A tourist waits for a cubical to become free beneath the spectacular backdrop of snow-peaked mountains. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
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  • High in the mountains is a lone tree stands as testament to the deforestation problem in the Himalayas, wood used for tourist showers. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
    annapurna_sanctuary01-12-12-1997.jpg
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