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| A village located at the foot of Mount Everest. It is inhabited by Sherpas. Height of Mount Everest is 8,850 m according to figures in 1999. But every year it increased 2.5 cm. |
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| Everest hugging clouds. |
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| A bungalow at the foot of the Himalayas in the territory of Nepal. Sherpas are the majority ethnic group in this area. Their lives depend on tens of thousands of tourists annually visit the Himalayas. |
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| The strong wind was always present on Everest. |
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| Mount Everest (center) and Mount Nuptse (right). Nuptse height of 7861 m. |
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| Himalaya owns 14 world's highest mountain. |
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| Darkness began to cover Mount Everest. |
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| Everest at sunset scene. |
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| On Everest, the air pressure is only about 30% compared with atmospheric pressure at sea level. That means only the climbers get into the body compared with 30% oxygen on the ground. They are very easy to fall from exhaustion. |
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| Not many people have the opportunity to gaze at peaks of the Himalayas from Everest. This is the scene viewed from the "top of the world" that an American captured in 1963. |
Minh Long (Photo: National Geographic)
