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LADAKH, INDIA

Prayer flags fluttering at sunset over the town of Leh in Ladakh, India.

A snow leopard guards a recent kill (off camera) in Ladakh, India.

Clouds move across snow-covered Himalayan peaks near Hemis Shukpachan village in Ladakh, India.

Serene face of a 49-foot (15 meter) Meitreya Buddha statue in Thiksey monastery in Ladakh, India.

Vendors prepare food in a small shop in the town of Leh, Ladakh, India.

Roads winding through the snowy Himalaya mountains near the village of Hemis Shukpachan in Ladakh, India.

Mantra carved into a stone placed on a stupa near Hemis Shukpachan village, Ladakh, India.

Classmates pose for a portrait near the end of the school day in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India.

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Critically endangered male Himalayan brown bear strolls on a mountainside in Drass Valley, Ladakh, India.

Thiksey monastery and its residential complex sit on a hillside near Leh, Ladakh, India.

Prayer flags above the junction where the Indus and Zanskar Rivers meet in Ladakh, India.

Large drum in the main prayer room at Thiksey monastery, Ladakh, India.

Prayer wheels at Thiksey monastery with Himalaya mountains in the background. Ladakh, India.

Apricot blossoms at Thiksey monastery near Leh, Ladakh, India.

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View of Himalaya mountains and the Indus River from Thiksey monastery’s rooftop deck in Ladakh, India.

A Tibetan Buddhist nun walking through Hemis Shukpachan village on a snowy spring morning. Ladakh, India.

Other worldly terrain of the Himalaya mountains in Ladakh, India.

A snow leopard moves closer to protect the prey that it killed the previous day and will feed on for 2-3 more days. Ladakh, India.

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A curious yak (or yak-cow hybrid) approaches while others continue grazing in Ladakh, India.

A hiker climbs up a rocky canyon toward an empty monastic retreat house where, during their training, monks spend months in solitude. Ladakh, India.

Colorful prayer flags catching the spring breeze at Tsemo monastery above the town of Leh, Ladakh, India.

Tsemo monastery in Leh, Ladakh, India.

A container with juniper burned as a spiritual offering in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition sits on a ledge at Tsemo monastery with the town of Leh in background. Ladakh, India.

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Food vendors cooking just inside their shop window in the town of Leh, Ladakh, India.

Women wash greens from the first spring harvest that they will sell at the market in Garkone village, Ladakh, India.

School children in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India welcoming visitors.

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