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  • A woman removing her headdress backstage after a dance during the Ladakh Festival, Ladakh, India
    A woman changing backstage after a d..ndia
  • Women selling vegetables along Leh's main bazaar during the Ladakh Festival, Ladakh, India
    Women selling vegetables along Leh's..ndia
  • The flight over the Ladakh Himalaya from Delhi to Leh would have to rank among the world's finest. Here a young Ladakhi woman views the glaciers below.
    The Flight Over the Ladakh Himalaya.
  • Tso (Lake) Moriri rests at 15,000ft on Ladakh's Changtang Plateau. Nestled into the western side is the village of Korzok.  Korzok is the nomadic headquarters of the region and the pastures nearby are a seasonal home in the Spring and Fall seasons.
    Tso Moriri, Ladakh, India.
  • A young monk watches a festival in the capital city of Leh in Ladakh, India.
    Young monk watching festival in Leh,..akh.
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    A Snow Leopard Runs, Ladakh, India
  • Ladakh's Karnak nomads moving pastures in during the summer of 2005.
    Ladakh's Karnak Nomads
  • Built during the time of King Singge Namgyal in the 17th century, the Tsemo Castle sits upon the highest mountain over the town of Leh, Ladakh.
    The Tsemo Castle above the old Leh P..dakh
  • Young monks share a laugh at the Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India during an annual masked dance performance.
    Young monks share a laugh at Thiksey..dia.
  • A monk looks out over the Indus River Valley from Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India.
    A monk looks out over the Indus Rive..akh.
  • A man from Lamayuru Village in Ladakh threshes barley with his yaks in a manner that has been passed down through the generations.  Threshing machines are slowly making their way into Ladakh but this man prefers the traditional methods.
    A man from Lamayuru Village threshes..aks.
  • A Karnak Nomad Woman on Ladakh's Changtang Plateau.
    Karnak Nomad
  • A Ladakhi man lets an arrow fly during the archery competition at the Ladakh Festival, held each September in Leh, Ladakh, India.
    Archery in Leh
  • Young monks talk shortly after finishing morning prayers at Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, October 2011.
    Young monks leaving morning prayers,..ksey
  • Monks blow Conch Shells to call monks to prayer in the early morning at Thiksey Monastery, Ladakh, India.
    Blowing the Conch Shell, Thiksey, Ladkah
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Spring storm over Leh, Ladakh
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Ladakh's Changtang
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Tso Kar ice, Ladakh, India.
  • Karnak nomads on Ladakh's Changtang plateau await the passing of an early June snow.
    Awaiting the passing of an early Jun..eau.
  • Tibetan women inside a tent near Tso Kar lake on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Nomads on Ladakh's Changtang
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    A nomad's tent sits beneath Scorpio .. Way
  • A Tibetan man gathers water on Ladakh's Changtang plateau near Tso Kar lake
    Gathering Water
  • A Tibetan child plays with a kid inside the family tent near Tso Kar lake, Ladakh
    Tibetan Child with Kid
  • Yaks on Ladakh's Changtang plateau near Tso Kar lake
    Yaks on the Changtang
  • Women gather at the well on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Women at the Well
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    The frozen Zanskar River trek.
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Spituk Festival, Winter
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Crossing Parang La
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    The art of the slingshot
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Ponymen near Tso Moriri
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."
    Tso Kar
  • In Ladakh most families will send one of their children to the monastery to live out their life. Their is an intricate relationship between the monastic life and the local communities. Monks perform monthly pujas during the full moon and perform rights of marriage and burial.
    Monk, Thiksey monastery.
  • A Ladakhi woman in her traditional dress worn during the Ladakh Festival.  The headdress is called a Perak and is made from turquoise passed down through the generations.
    A Ladakhi woman in all her tradition..rak.
  • Ladakh translates into The Land of High Mountain Passes.  There is a Ladakhi proverb that reads, "The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit us."  I was to become a friend of Ladakh.
    Rangdum Gompa
  • Thiksey Monastery casts a shadow over the Indus River Valley, Ladakh, India.
    Thiksey Monastery casts a shadow ove..lley
  • A young monk looks out the window at Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh
    Monk at Thiksey
  • Salt rimmed Tso Kar Lake, Ladakh
    Salt Rimmed Tso Kar Lake
  • Monks blow conch shells to call monks to morning puja (prayers) at Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India.
    The Call to Morning Prayers
  • Monastery Detail, Thiksey Monastery, Ladakh
    Monastery Detail, Thiksey
  • A Tibetan nomad camp near the shores of Tso Kar lake, Ladakh
    Nomad Tents
  • A young girl in the town of Kargil, Kargil District, Ladakh, J&K, India
    Kargili Girl
  • Three women from the village of Thiksey in Ladakh preparing for a portrait.
    Thiksey women prepare for a portrait.
  • A Tibetan woman with child working with the family goats near Tso Kar lake, Ladakh
    Tibetan Woman and Child
  • Nomad children's shoes on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Baby Shoes
  • The lock on a window and curtain detail, Thiksey Monastery, Ladakh, India
    Monastery Detail, Thiksey
  • Evening falls over the newest part of Leh town as seen from the Tsemo Castle, Ladakh.
    Evening falls over the newest part o..stle
  • A couple from the Ladakhi village of Lamayuru separate wheat from the chaff on an October morning.
    Separating the Wheat from Chaff
  • Often raging with glacial melt the Zanskar River becomes calm and tranquil in the Fall.  By winter is will be frozen and is the major route from Ladakh to the Zanskar Valley.  A road is being blasted along the route and should be completed in just a few years.
    The Zanskar River on a Fall afternoon.
  • Tibetan nomads gather their herds for feeding in the evening near the shores of Tso Kar lake, Ladakh
    Tibetan nomad shepherds
  • While the Indus River is often raging with glacial melt, here the Upper Indus River is calm and tranquil on an October afternoon.
    The Indus River, Ladakh, India.
  • Ice forms along the edges of the Zanskar River as early as October.
    Ice forms on the Zanskar River, Lada..dia.
  • Monk, Thiksey Monastery
    Monk, Thiksey Monastery
  • A Rupshu nomad woman on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Rupshu Nomad Woman, Ladakh
  • A grandmother and her granddaughter share a tender moment, as her husband sits nearby. Puga, Ladakh
    Tibetan nomads in Ladakh
  • Polo matches take place during the fall at the polo grounds in Leh, Ladakh
    Polo in Ladakh
  • A young boy rides in a basket on his father's back in the Kargil District of Ladakh, India.
    Young boy in the Kargil District of ..dia.
  • A monk prepares to perform morning duties in the Maitreya Buddha room at Thiksey Monastery, Ladakh, India.
    A monk preparing to perform morning ..tery
  • Horses moving away from an incoming storm near Tso Kar, Ladakh
    RBT_8272.jpg
  • A yak rests after making a journey from Thukje settlement to the western side of Tso Kar Lake
    A yak rests after a journey
  • A Tibetan child on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Tibetan Child on the Changtang
  • Portrait of a Rupshu nomad near Tso Kar lake on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Rupshu Nomad
  • A nomad woman on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Nomad woman
  • A Tibetan woman pours tea while her daughter looks after her granddaughter in a nomad tent in the village of Puga in Ladakh.
    Tibetan Family in Tent
  • Rudy Shelduck's and Black-necked Cranes near Tso Kar lake on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Rudy Shelduck's and Black-necked Cranes
  • A young Tibetan boy carries water to his families tent in the village of Puga on Ladakh's Changtang.
    Carrying Water
  • Black-necked Cranes beneath the Himalayan mountains on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Black-necked Cranes and the Himalaya
  • A Tibetan mastiff stands guard outside the nomadic community of Sumdho on Ladakh's Changtang plateau.
    Tibetan Mastiff Stands Guard
  • A Rupshu nomad woman twirls prayer beads while another makes yarn from sheep's wool in Thukje, near Tso Kar lake, on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Rupshu Nomad Women
  • Tso Kar lies beneath freshly fallen snow in the Ladakh Himalaya
    Tso Kar lies beneath an April snow
  • A Tibetan family outside their tent in the village of Puga on Ladakh's Changtang plateau. The woman by the fire is roasting barley.
    Tibetan family in Puga
  • Yondchen Zema, a Tibetan nomad in the village of Sumdho on Ladakh's Changtang plateau, knits while preparing tea.
    Tibetan woman in Sumdho
  • A Tibetan child inside a nomad tent in the camp of Puga on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Tibetan child, Puga
  • A young nomad girl plays with a soccer ball in the village of Puga on Ladakh's Changtang plateau
    Nomad Girl, Puga
  • A Tibetan nomad woman near Tso Kar lake, Ladakh
    Tibetan nomad woman
  • Thiksey Monastery and the Ladakh range of the Himalaya
    Thiksey and the Himalaya
  • A Rupshu nomad begins an expedition in the early morning hours.
    Rapshu Nomads on the move
  • A Rudy Shelduck on Ladkah's Changtang plateau
    Rudy Shelduck, Tso Kar
  • Rusphu nomads begin a journey in the early morning hours as they move pastures from a major settlement in Thukje to a smaller settlement for the winter on the lake's Southwestern shores.
    Rusphu nomads changing pastures
  • Rusphu nomads move seasonally each year. On this bitterly cold January morning, the nomads were moving from a major settlement called Thukje towards the Southwestern side of the lake.
    Rupshu nomads at Tso Kar
  • A Tibetan nomad carries the carcass of a goat. He reported that it was attacked by an eagle, and soon thereafter by a Tibetan wolf. He was able to recover most of the body.
    Shepherd, Tso Kar
  • An elderly Ladakhi woman wearing a "perak," a headdress adorned with turquoise stones, and holding Buddhist prayer beads to her forehead.
    Ancient Stones
  • A father and son share a moment in t..ndia
  • Young monks performing a morning puj..ndia
  • Mother and child, Thiksey, Ladakh.
  • Ladakh's Nubra Valley
  • A young monk watches the masked danc..dia.
  • Morning comes to the villages near R..akh.
  • Chemrey monastery, Ladakh, India.
  • A woman drives her sheep out to past..teau
  • Ladakh landscape
  • Apricots in bloom, Tingmosgam, Ladakh.
  • A mother and daughter share a tender..dia.
  • Young monk, Phyang Festival, Ladakh,..dia.
  • A young monk walks past mustard plan..dia.
  • Winnowing the grain, Lamayuru, Ladakh.
  • Milking the goats on Ladakh's Changt..teau
  • Diskit Dolkar milks her dre, or fema..teau
  • Rupshu nomads on Ladakh's Changtang ..Kar.
  • Young monks performing a morning puj..ndia
  • Spring plowing in Ladakh
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