The magic beauty of 'the roof of the world'

Mount Everest brings magical beauty in the lens of photographers.

A village is located at the foot of Mount Everest. This is the habitat of Sherpa people. Mount Everest's height is 8,850 m according to data in 1999. But every year it still increases by 2.5 cm.

May embraces Mount Everest.

A wooden house at the foot of the Himalayas in Nepal. Sherpa people are the majority in this area. Their lives depend on tens of thousands of tourists visiting the Himalayas every year.

Strong winds are always present on Mount Everest.

Mount Everest (middle) and Mount Nuptse (right). Nuptse has a height of 7,861 m.

The Himalayas possesses 14 tallest mountains in the world.

Night begins to cover Mount Everest.

Everest spectacle at sunset.

At Mount Everest, the air pressure is only about 30% of the air pressure at sea level. That means climbers only take in 30% of their oxygen compared to the surface. They easily fall into exhaustion.

Not many people have the opportunity to see the peaks of the Himalayas from Mount Everest. This is a view from the " world roof " that an American shot in 1963.