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 | A rock. We called this place a "Lost Valley". Inset: the rock from space. The upper reaches of the Karagalinka river. |
 | Kumbel peak.
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 | Karagaly gorge.
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 | «Bridge» in Karagaly gorge.
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 | A skiers house on the way to the Furmanov's peak.
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 | Kimasar gorge. Furmanov's peak.
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 | On the right is the Komsomol Peak (recently it was renamed after President Nazarbayev).
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 | Spurs of Kumbel.
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 | Kumbel ridge and Titov's glacier behind. Titov is the second most famous Russian spaceman after Yuri Gagarin.
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 | The Komsomol (Nazarbayev's) Peak and Abay Peak. View from the Kumbel ridge.
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 | Titov's glacier.
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 | View from Mynjylky (in Kazakh «mynjylky» means «a thousand mares»). At a distance on the right is the Komsomol (Nazarbayev's) Peak.
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 | On the right is Kumbel ridge. It is a colour photo but the weather was cloudy. :-)
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 | Rough mountains. View from Kumbel.
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 | Kumbel from a helicopter.
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 | In the middle is Orjonikidze Peak.
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 | Straight ahead is Titov's glacier. View from Titov's pass.
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 | The same place a little to the left.
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 | Titov's pass. Winds, frost and heat have made this landscape look like that of the Mars. The deep blue sky helps to understand that we are on the Earth.
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 | Titov's pass. The Moon.
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 | Moraine lake. They can cause a mudflow — «a mountain dragon». View from Titov's pass.
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 | Aren't the clouds' shadows amazing? View from Titov's pass.
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 | In the background, a bit to the left from the center is the Tuyuksu glacier.
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 | The Left Talgar gorge.
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 | The Left Talgar gorge.
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 | Moutain rivers are shallow but some are deep enough for swimming. Solnechnaya Polyana (Sunny Glade).
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 | The Left Talgar gorge. View from Butakovka
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 | The Left Talgar gorge.
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 | View from the Talgar pass.
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 | Near the Kaskabas pass.
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 | A mountain in the Kargaly Gorge. Probably, it is one of the so-called «Two Brothers», a double summit mountain.
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 | Kimasar ridge.
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 | Deep Blue Sky.
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