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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An old Turkana woman wearing all the finery of her tribe

An old Turkana woman wearing all the finery of her tribe. In a hole pierced below her lower lip, she wears an ornament beautifully made from twisted strands of copper wire. Leaf-shaped ear ornaments are typically worn by married women of the tribe an

© Nigel Pavitt

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