today was an exceptionally clear day (above the haze line that is!).. and a great day for himal-gazing. after a long time one should see the entire annapurna range clear and bright from the rim of kathmandu valley. as the day wore on, the haze lifted up, but then as the evening took over, the golden rays of the sun started doing their trick on the himalaya -- painting them yellow, gold, orange and pink.. after sunset, the himals returned to their normal white attire...
i usually focus on the prominent peaks.. but this time the rest seemed to say.. take our close ups too.. so they are here too... nameless though they are (to me)
most of the pictures (the closeups) were taken through the nikon coolpix p600, and some of the others by my samsung galaxy 8 phone. thus there is a mix of far off shots, himals through the trees,, and bright ones are hazy ones of the himals to the east or west....
the morning view to the west, when the cold air had pushed the haze down ...
and to the north
annapurna and himalchuli through the lapsi trees
.. ganesh himal...
... and langtang et al...
langtang up close
gangchhempo .. with sishapangma behind it..
dom blanc
dorje lakpa
phurbi ghyachu
proof of reducing snow cover in the himalaya.. the tooth-edge crest of phurbi ghyachu that we never saw before a couple of years ago...
... (himalaya experts please let me know the names of these peaks!)
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chhoba bhamare
annapurna 2
annapurna 1 and south and machhapuchhre (?)
ganesh himal
ganesh himal
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gauri shankar from between the trees
as the sun's angle shifts
hazy ganesh himals
a hazy himalchuli
golden tint starts getting added to the mountains
the sun dips behind the southwestern hills, but the high himalayan peaks continue to catch its ever-fading rays
.. yellow and orange tint paint the himals
always striking is it's shape and cape of snow.. langtang himal
ganesh himal though the lapsi branches
the himals now get a pink tint
when the sun sets... the mountains start shedding their colours
so that was it... only himals... हिमालै हिमाल... मऔसमले एकदम साथ दिएको दिन, बिहान देखि रूप बदलिँदै गरेका काठमाण्डुबाट देखिने हिमालहरू !
