 | Stage of a Belgian group's trek from Khan-Tengri
(6995 m.), down Inylchek glacier and over the Tuz pass to Echkilitash |  | |
The middle lake of the three Kul-Say Lakes. |  |
| Meltwater pools on Inylcheck glacier. |
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The upper Kul-Say Lake. |  |
| A Turkestan group on the Tuz pass (4010 m). |
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Charyn canyon in Kazakhstan (the Central Asian version of America's Grand Canyon!). |
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Local people and technicians prepare for a helicopter flight-seeing tour. |
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At 7439m Peak Pobeda is the Tien-Shan's highest and most northerly summit. Here you see
an avalanche - an event rarely captured on film. |  |
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Rifts and ice falls on the Inylchek glacier. |  | | The ruins of 11th-century Burana Tower (once a Silk Route staging
post), near Bishkek. |  |
| A winter view of Lake Issyk-Kul,
the second highest of its size in the world. |  |
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Famous, isolated Altyn-Arashan, one of the Tien Shan's most popular destinations. |
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| Djety-Oguz valley with its famous hot sulphur springs and unique red rocks. |
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| A golden eagle, trained to hunt, in the Djety-Oguz valley. Visitors are allowed to carefully handle an eagle (weighing
12kg!) |  |
