The Zanskar Range of the Indian Himalaya seen from the air, looking north west towards the western Karakorum mountains and K2 in the distance, India, Asia

A climber makes her way up the summit ridge of Stok Kangri at 6137 metres, a popular and easily accessible trekking peak in the northern Zanskar Range, Ladakh, India, Asia

Prayer flags on a stupa high in the Zanskar Range, Ladakh, Himalayas, India, Asia

Light and shadow move across the jagged peaks of the Zanskar range seen from the top of the Dung Dung La in Ladakh, Himalayas, India, Asia

Chorten at Lekir Gompa with Zanskar Range behind, Ladakh, India, Asia

Prayer flags flying in the wind at Mt Sengge-La or Sengge Pass, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India, India, Indian Himalayas, Asia

Water is heated using solar energy, Lingshed Monastery, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India, India, Indian Himalayas, Asia

Prayer flags near Honupatta, Zanskar, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, India, Asia

Chorten in the upper Indus valley, following the confluence of the Indus and the Zanskar Rivers, Ladakh, India, Himalayas, Asia

Lingshed, a remote village with one of the most important Gompas in Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

View below the Sisir La or Sisir Pass, Zanskar, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, India, Asia