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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Ole Senteu Simel

Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Maasai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Maasai until his death in 1986. This photograph was taken three weeks before he died. Maasai

© Nigel Pavitt

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