- Capybara - Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris S
Capybara - Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris SA Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) the worlds biggest rodent. It loves to hang out in and around the water - Locust hand S
a curious locust - Ophiocordyceps australis Xylaria Chalalan S
Ophiocordyceps australis Xylaria Chalalan S - Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum Cr ed S
Female Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum) with chicks - Vulture Turkey QQ S
a Turkey vulture - Marasmius cf cladophyllus S
Marasmius cf. cladophyllus S - Tatis dog eating mushrooms
Tatis dog eating mushrooms Ms - Couroupita guianensis Canonball Lecythidaceae DW Ms
Couroupita guianensis with very dense cauliflorie. - Couroupita guianensis Canonball tree flower Lecythidaceae DW Ms
Flower of Couroupita guianensis, the Canonball tree( Lecythidaceae) seen in the Botanical Garden in medellin. - Flammulina populicola Eagle DW S
Flammulina populicola Eagle DW S - Leccinum insigne aspen Eagle 2012 DW S
Leccinum insigne, the Aspen Bolete grows in Aspen groves in Eagle CO - Anadenanathera peregrina Yopo Ms
Anadenanathera peregrina - Yopo, a bufotenin containing psychedelic Fabaceae used in prehistoric pre-columbian Colombia. - Pilgrims burning incense, here shukpa, juniper bows at Trakaniri in Lithang.
- Nomad woman with typical 108 hair braids.
108 is the sacred number, since Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings are classified in 108 volumes. - A nomad family we met in Trakaniri.
They were just as interested in us as we were in them! - Alexanders Rhubarb flowers are protected from wind, weather and radiation, all intense in high altitude.
- Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, also an important medicinal in Tibetan Medicine and TCM
- Pombu or Dekyi Gompa just north of Sumdo (4200m / 14,000ft).
- Prayer mills line the Korwa circuit, the walk around the monastery.
- A ten foot prayer mill