Florian Möllers / Chinese Fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), silhouetted against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.
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Juergen Freund / Outrigger boat in Big Lagoon, with its karst limestone cliffs, emerald waters and shallow coral reefs in the white sand. North Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.
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Juergen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.
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Juergen Freund / Ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures on karst limestone formations. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations rising out of the sea. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010
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Juergen Freund / Very old human skulls on a ledge in the karst limestone walls of a Raja Ampat island. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Juergen Freund / Small, tree-covered islet. This is a karst limestone formation with layers eaten away by water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, Ailladie coast, The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Angelo Gandolfi / Secluded cove amongst karstic rocks on the Green Coast, Cantabria, Spain. Picos de Europa mountains in the distance. July 2008.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Karstic pools near Orbaneja del Castillo, Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) in karst mountains of Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain.
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Jouan & Rius / Narrow cleft in limestone karst, Bemahara National Park, Unesco World Heritage, West Madagascar
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Nick Upton / Young Turkish pine tree (Pinus brutia) with bare karst limestone massif of Mount Kerki in the background, Isle of Samos, Greece, August 2011.
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Nick Upton / Alpine wolfsbane / Yellow monkshood (Aconitum lycoctonum neapolitanum) a highly toxic plant, growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1700m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Austrian hogweed (Heracleum austriacum siifolium) flowering on karst limestone mountainside at 1700m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Alpine wolfsbane / Yellow monkshood (Aconitum lycoctonum neapolitanum) a highly toxic plant, growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1700m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Harebell / Bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia) flowering clump among grasses on karst limestone mountainside at 1700m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Yellow mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides) flowering clump among limestone scree at 1700m in the Julian Alps, Bohinj ridge mountains in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Harebell / Bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia) flowering clump among grasses on karst limestone mountainside at 1700m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July
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Nick Upton / Lake Cerknica, Slovenia's largest lake when full, draining away down karst limestone sinkhole into underground cave reservoir in summer, Slovenia, July 2011
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Nick Upton / Dead fish in dry bed of Lake Cerknica, Slovenia's largest lake when full, near a karst limestone sinkhole where water has drained away into an underground cave reservoir, Slovenia, July 2011
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Nick Upton / Lake Cerknica, Slovenia's largest lake when full, draining away down karst limestone sinkhole into underground cave reservoir, Slovenia, July 2011
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Nick Garbutt / First light over the 'Grande Tsingy' - limestone pinnacle karst formations, with deciduous forest trees growing in the canyons. Ankarana National Park, northern Madagascar, December 2010
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Nick Garbutt / First light over the 'Grande Tsingy' - limestone pinnacle karst formations, with deciduous forest trees growing in the canyons. Ankarana National Park, northern Madagascar, December 2010
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February .
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.
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Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. Indigenous people in canoe. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Very old human skulls on a ledge in the karst limestone walls of a Raja Ampat island. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations with ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures on karst limestone formations. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations with ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations rising out of the sea. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations with ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings). Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures on karst limestone formations. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Small, tree-covered island. This is a karst limestone formation with layers eaten away by water. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations rising out of the sea. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Very old human skulls on a ledge in the karst limestone walls of a Raja Ampat island. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Pitcher plants agaisnt the karst limestone walls in Sunmalelen.
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Juergen Freund / Pitcher plants agaisnt the karst limestone walls in Sunmalelen.
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Juergen Freund / Karst limestone formations with ancient pictographs (rock / cave paintings) of fish and sea creatures. Sunmalelen area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010.
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Mark Taylor / Long-tail boat and limestone cliffs. Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, December 2010.
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Juergen Freund / Sunmalelen area with dramatic karst limestone formations. Kei islands, Maluku, Indonesia, November 2009
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Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...
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Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...
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Nick Upton / Alpine rock rose (Helianthemum alpestre) clump growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clumps growing in a grassy gulley below Dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) trees at 1650m on karst limestone mountainside, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia,...
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Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clump growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1800m near Mount Vogel, with several c2000m high peaks of the Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National...
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Nick Upton / Hairy alpine rose (Rhododendron hirsutum) clump growing among grasses near the upper tree-line of Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) on karst limestone mountainside at 1800m near Mount Vogel, with several c2000...
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Nick Upton / Overview of Lake Bohinj from 1535m at the top of the Vogel cable car lift, with 2864m Mount Triglav, the highest peak in the Julian Alps, in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / View down Mostnica gorge, carved by the Mostica river through karst limestone rock near Lake Bohinj, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / The great waterfall (Veliki Slap) tumbling 70 metres down karst limestone cliffs at Plitvice Lakes National Park, with stands of flowering Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) in the foreground, Croa...
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Nick Upton / Tree canopy encircling Mostnica waterfall cascading down karst limestone rockface, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Steep scree slope below the 2332m karst limestone Mojstrovska peak in the Julian Alps, Vrsic, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Steep scree slope below the 2332m karst limestone Mojstrovska peak in the Julian Alps, Vrsic, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Turbulent water of the Soca river carving through karst limestone rocks at Velika Korita gorge, with overhanging vegetation, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Cow (Bos taurus) standing near Marija Snezna chapel on 1600m high pastureland at Velika Planina plateau, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Tourists on walkway alongside and across the Radovna river as it flows down rapids and waterfalls through karst limestone rocks in Vintgar gorge, near Bled, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Tourists on walkway suspended from sheer cliffs alongside the Radovna river as it flows through karst limestone rocks in Vintgar gorge, near Bled, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Overview of Vinjerac fishing village and harbour with Pine trees (Pinus sp.) in the foreground and the karst limestone Velebit mountain range of the Dinaric Alps in the background, Zadar province, Cro...
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Nick Upton / Overview of Vinjerac fishing village and harbour with Pine trees (Pinus sop.) in the foreground and the karst limestone Velebit mountain range of the Dinaric Alps in the background, Zadar province, Cr...
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Nick Upton / Overview of the Vogel cable car lift on its way up from Ucanc to the 1535m top station, with the north end of Lake Bohinj below and the Julian Alps in the background, Triglav National Park, Slovenia,...
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Nick Upton / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) clump growing on karst limestone mountain scree slope at 1550m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering on karst limestone mountain scree slope at 1550m in the Julian Alps with Cumulo nimbus clouds forming above 2864m Mount Triglav in the background, Triglav Na...
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Nick Upton / Tourists on walkway alongside and across the Radovna river as it flows down rapids and waterfalls through karst limestone rocks in Vintgar gorge, near Bled, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Carpet of Yellow Oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limestone mountain scree slope at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Upper Soca river, with view to 2601m Mount Razor , clothed in pine forests, Julian Alps, near Trento, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Radovna river flowing down rapids through karst limestone rocks in Vintgar gorge, near Bled, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Overview of Vinjerac fishing village and harbour with Pine trees (Pinus sp.) in the foreground and the karst limestone Velebit mountain range of the Dinaric Alps in the background, Zadar province, Cro...
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Nick Upton / Underground waterfalls on the Reka river as it flows through Velika Dolina (the big valley) at the entrance to Scocjan caves, a Ramsar wetland of international importance, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Highly toxic Alpine Wolfsbane / Yellow monkshood (Aconitum lycoctonum neapolitanum) clump growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Horned rampion (Phyteuma sieberi) flower close up growing on karst limestone moutian slope at 1650m, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Radovna river flowing down rapids and small waterfalls through karst limestone rocks in Vintgar gorge, near Bled, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Traditional wooden herdsman's hut with pine shingle roof reflected in pond, with Marija Snezna chapel and Cattle (Bos taurus) standing on ridge in the background on 1600m high pastureland at Velika Pl...
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Nick Upton / Four Cows (Bos taurus) standing, sitting and chewing the cud on 1600m high pastureland at Velika Planina plateau, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Soca river flowing through karst limestone rocks at Velika Korita gorge, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Soca river flowing through karst limestone rocks at Velika Korita gorge, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Two mountain bikers cycling past Marija Snezna chapel and Cattle (Bos taurus) standing on 1600m high pastureland at Velika Planina plateau, Kamnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Mostnica river carving its way through karst limestone rocks, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2010.
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Nick Upton / Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) flower growing on karst limestone moutainside at 1600m, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) flower growing on karst limestone moutainside at 1600m, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Martagon lily / Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon) flower growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Overview of the north end of Lake Bohinj from 1535m at the top of the Vogel cable car lift, with 2864m Mount Triglav, the highest peak in the Julian Alps, in the background, Triglav National Park, Slo...
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Nick Upton / Carnic Lily / Golden apple (Lilium carniolicum) a rare plant with a limited range growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Carnic Lily / Golden apple (Lilium carniolicum) a rare plant with a limited range growing on karst limestone mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Two fragrant orchids (Gymnadenia conopsea) growing on karst limestone moutainside at 1600m, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Fairies thimbles / Fairy thimble bellflowers (Campanula cochleariifolia) growing from crevice in karst limestone rock face at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Dark columbine (Aquilegia nigricans) growing among karst limestone boulders on mountainside at 1600m in the Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July.
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Nick Upton / Carpet of Yellow and white Oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium, Leucanthemum sp.) growing on karst limestone mountain ridge alongside Dwarf pine trees (Pinus mugo) at 1700m near Mount Vogel, with...
