Tourists gather on Poon Hill to watch the sunrise over the Annapurna Himal, with Dhaulagiri, 8167m, Dhampus Peak, 6012m, and Tukuche Peak, 6920m and Nilgiri, 7061m, visible in the background, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia
Nilgiri Hills, rainforest and tea plantations, EcoScape, Tamil Nadu, India, South Asia
Downtown area overlooked by large Christian church in hill station of Coonor, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
An elephant carries felled teak logs to stacking piles for pickup. Near the village of Cochin in Kerala, India, Asian elephants are used to log teak from a commercial plantation. The domestication and use of elephants in India is a tradition over 4,000 years old.
