England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Russian Cruiser Ozbratsovy on a goodwill visit by the Soviet Russian Navy, Vessel was moored at the Naval Dockyard 28 May 1976 during its visit and opened to the public...

England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Russian Cruiser Ozbratsovy on a goodwill visit by the Soviet Russian Navy, Vessel was moored at the Naval Dockyard 28 May 1976 during its visit and opened to the public...

China, Hong Kong, Religion, Families visit graves during Qing Ming festival for the worship of ancestors.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, gargoyle.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, Cloister buildings with lawn.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, New Buidling.

England, Oxford, Magdalen College, The Great Tower.

India, Ladakh, General, Agricultural landscape with harvested barley fields below Thikse gompa.

Buddhist art 16th century monastery of Thikse is home to the Gelukpa order of Tibetan buddhism and boasts many excellently preserved religious muralsReligion

Maitreya Buddha the centrepiece of the monasterys newest temple is a serene Maitreya future Buddha. The temples monks are of the Gelukpa order of Tibetan BuddhismReligious icons

Mud brick manufacture mud bricks are the traditional material used for building in Ladakh. When regional government switched to concerete for a time there was a backlash from environmentalists resul...

Tibetan Buddhist monastery and surrounding buildings set into steep hillside. Thikse

Fresco on Buddhist monastery wall depicting Guru Padmasambhava the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. Thikse

Monks at the monastery blowing horns

View across fertile valley from the Gompa roof