Space pictures of Nepal, Tibet and the Himalaya
picture of the Langtang and Ganesh range
yellow-villages: 1 Kodari,here is the boarder village on the main road to Tibet. 2 Nyalam . Langtang valley: 3 Kangjin gompa; 4 Langtang und am Trisuli 5
Syabru Bensi red-mountains: 1 Shishapangma; 2 Langtang lirung; 3 Ganesh
Three affluents join to form the trisuli river in the form of a trident or trisul. The trisuli is the sign of Shiva and he is veneratet at the lakes of Gosaikund nearby.
Credit: "Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center." See http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov , Picture STS099-721- 34, adaption Andrées de Ruiter www.nepal-dia.de
Langtang and Shishapangma seen from south
Credit: "Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center." See
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov , Picture STS099-721- 34, adaption Andrées de Ruiter www.nepal-dia.de
The Langtang valley
Credit: "Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center." See
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov , Picture ISS008-E-6242, adaption Andrées de Ruiter www.nepal-dia.de
Shishapangma seen from south
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