Even when the weather was cloudy, there were some bonus moments. Here, the optical phenomenon known as the "Glory" was briefly visible when a thin bank of clouds blew through the high pass we had stopped at to view a Himalayan panorama of 8000+ meter peaks.

Eventually, we did see all three peaks (Makalu, Everest, and Cho Oyu), though not all at the same time.

Moonlight views of Mt. Everest (Quomolungma) views taken during our overnight stay near the Rongphu Monastery at about 4920 meters (over 16,000 ft.)

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