Armchair Glacier and the ribbed volcanic crater rim of Mount Weart (2870 m, 9400 ft), Whistler-Blackcomb, Coast Mountains, British Columbia. Moon adjusted in postproduction. expl#22

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Black Tusk's ice-encrusted north face (2319 m, 7608 ft) towers over a stunning vista of barren volcanic rock formations and an infinite field of snow-capped mountain peaks, stratovolcanoes, massive icefields, glacier-fed crater lakes, and dense alpine rainforests.

The iconic Tantalus Range (2608 m, 8556 ft) and jagged spine of Serratus Mountain (2326 m, 7632 ft) loom large in the backdrop. Garibaldi Provincial Park, Coast Mountains, British Columbia.

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Morning mist rises off the glacial waters of a pristine mountain lake after an abrupt overnight change from extremely high summer temperatures to icy subzero levels. Rainbow Mountain with an autumn dusting of fresh snow looms large in the backdrop. Coast Mountains, British Columbia. Infrared filter applied in postproduction. expl#24

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Mist rises off the glacial waters of a pristine mountain lake after an abrupt overnight change from extreme summer temperatures to subzero levels and a mid-autumn dusting of snow. Whistler, Coast Mountains, British Columbia. Rainbow mountain in the backdrop.

Situated on traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the St̓át̓imc Tmicw (St'at'imc), Lil'wat (Lil'Wat) and Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish) peoples. explore#57

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Mursi pastoral settlement situated near the banks of the Mago River, a tributary that joins the essential Omo River in a remote corner of southwestern Ethiopia. Shot directly under the noonday sun near the end of a long hot dry season regularly exceeding 40°C in the shade. Adorned with a wild boar's tusk, facial chalk markings, decorated goat-skin clothing, and an ornamental clay lip-plate.

The Mursi are one of the last groups in Africa where women still wear large wooden or clay plates in their lower lips. Most Mursi women wear lip-plates as an aesthetic symbol of cultural pride and identity, signifying passage to womanhood/adulthood. The labrets are worn more frequently by unmarried or newly wed women and are generally worn when serving men food or during important ritual events, i.e., weddings, men's stick-duelling competitions, communal dances, safari photo-ops.

The Mursi are semi-nomadic farmers and herders who depend on shifting hoe-cultivation (mostly drought-resistant varieties of sorghum) and cattle herding for their livelihood. They number less than ten thousand today.

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