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Night Pearls

The dome of the Milky Way under the main Himalayan ridge. There are 3 of the 5 highest mountains in world - Everest (8,850 m), Lhotse (8,516 m) and Makalu (8,48...
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The dome of the Milky Way under the main Himalayan ridge. There are 3 of the 5 highest mountains in world - Everest (8,850 m), Lhotse (8,516 m) and Makalu (8,485 m). And the biggest glacier lies underneath them - Ngonsumpa Glacier which is 36 km long. This picture is crowned by recently rised Moon and Venus.

To make this photo I had to spent the whole night through without a tent, sleeping bag and hot tea on the top of Gokyo Ri (5,483 m) - the small peak, that rises under the highest settlement on the Earth - Gokyo (4,750 m). There was damn cold and this cost me much effort, but all the feelings and breathtaking views were really worthwhile.

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