Images Dated 6th February 2009

Mount Longonot

Mount Longonot, 9, 110 feet high, lies on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, thirty-five miles northwest of Nairobi. It is called after the apt Maasai name for it: Ol doinyo Loonongot, the mountain of many valleys and gullies. Of volcanic origin, the

© Nigel Pavitt

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Kyrgyzstan, Arslanbob, Fergana Mountain Range

Kyrgyzstan, Arslanbob, Fergana Mountain Range. Wildflower alpine meadow above the mountain village of Arslanbob on the western slopes of the Fergana mountain range.
Kyrgyzstan, Arslanbob, Fergana Mountain Range. Wildflower alp

© Paul Harris

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A group of Swahili women clad in black to signify their

A group of Swahili women clad in black to signify their Islamic culture pause to chat outside an old mosque along the waterfront of Lamu Island. The majority of people on the island practice a fairly relaxed form of Islam. Situated 150 miles north-no

© Nigel Pavitt

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