Gavin Maxwell / Traditional huts in mountain landscape, Yarlung gorge, Tibet May 07. 'Wild China' series

Gavin Maxwell / Yarlung gorge, Tibet, May 07, 'Wild China' series Note - world's deepest gorge,

Gavin Maxwell / Rongbuk monastery with Mount Everest in background, Tibet, June 07. 'Wild China' series

Gavin Maxwell / Rongbuk Glacier with Mount Everest, Tibet, June 07. 'Wild China' series

Gavin Maxwell / Red flower (Incarvillea mairei) endemic to Tibet, providing colour to the barren landscapes of the Tibetan Plateau. Chang Tang, Western Tibet 2007

Gavin Maxwell / Hot Spring Snake (Thermophis baileyi) on shoreline. Yangpachen, Tibet

Gavin Maxwell / Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) with prayer flags and mountains in the background. Xiongse nunnery, Tibet, 2007

Gavin Maxwell / Mount Kailash, Tibet 2007

Gavin Maxwell / Mount Kailash with Tibetan symbols. Kailash, the Mythical Mount Meru, is the source of major rivers and is the axis of the world in Tibetan Buddhism.

Gavin Maxwell / Hot Spring Snake (Thermophis baileyi) on shoreline of thermal spring. Yangpachen, Tibet

Gavin Maxwell / Red flower (Incarvillea mairei) endemic to Tibet, providing colour to the barren landscapes of the Tibetan Plateau. Chang Tang, Western Tibet 2007

Gavin Maxwell / Hot Spring Snake (Thermophis baileyi) in thermal spring. Yangpachen, Tibet