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Nanga Parbat Summit
Photo: Summit of Nanga Parbat
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Clouds encircle the summit of Nanga Parbat, a steep-walled mountain in the western Himalaya. At 26,660 feet (8,126 meters) high, Nanga Parbat, which means "naked mountain" in Sanskrit, is the ninth-highest mountain in the world.
Photograph by Ed Darack

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