Habitats - Mountains (126) More files...
Mountains provide most of the world's freshwater, harbour a rich variety of plants and animals, and are home to approximately one in ten people. This gallery celebrates the variety of life; human, animal and plant, that thrives in the mountains and the beauty and importance of this habitat.
Ibex (Capra Ibex) fighting, Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve, Haute-Savoie, France, June
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Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Ibex (Capra Ibex) fighting, Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve, Haute-Savoie, France, June
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
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Oriol Alamany / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile
View from summit of Sgorr Tuath, sandstone pinnacles, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Despite being one of the most nor...
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Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / View from summit of Sgorr Tuath, sandstone pinnacles, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Despite being one of the most nor...
Mountain landscape, Lac Blanc with Aiguilles de Chamonix at sunset, Haute Savoie, France, September 2008
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Krahmer / Mountain landscape, Lac Blanc with Aiguilles de Chamonix at sunset, Haute Savoie, France, September 2008
Aurora Borealis display over mountains at night, West Icelend, January 2013
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Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Aurora Borealis display over mountains at night, West Icelend, January 2013
Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) mature male sitting on the cliff edge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November
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Anup Shah / Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) mature male sitting on the cliff edge, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India
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Ben Cranke / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India
Machu Pichu, Andes, Peru with {Sobralia dichotoma} flower in foreground, 2006.
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Machu Pichu, Andes, Peru with {Sobralia dichotoma} flower in foreground, 2006.
Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...
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Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...
Mountain Peaks at dusk, from left to right, Aiguille de Blaitiere, Aiguille de Cigeaux, and Aiguille du Fou. Chamonix, France, September 2012
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Andy Trowbridge / Mountain Peaks at dusk, from left to right, Aiguille de Blaitiere, Aiguille de Cigeaux, and Aiguille du Fou. Chamonix, France, September 2012
Three Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) perched on rock, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Three Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) perched on rock, camouflaged against snow in winter plumage, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February
Colourful rhyolite mountain landscape, Landmannalaugar, Sveinsgil, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, August 2010
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Orsolya Haarberg / Colourful rhyolite mountain landscape, Landmannalaugar, Sveinsgil, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland, August 2010