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China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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Two women. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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Basketware. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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Tobacco. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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Bai shoppers. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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Man with cake. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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The market, the canal and a stone bridge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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The market is small but busy. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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People shopping. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Market |
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The edge of the market by a stone bridge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Small shop. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Path by a canal. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Cobbler working by the traditional wooden buildings of the town. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Most of the old town is made from wooden buildings. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Brick building. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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The streets are narrow and crowded. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Woman at a shop. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
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The picturesque Black Dragon Pool. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
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The pool is surrounded by a stone bridge, a temple and a pagoda. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
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Wufeng Pavilion. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
Wuhuang Lu Temple |
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The Wuhuang Lu Temple is Tibetan in style. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
Wuhuang Lu Temple |
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The entrance portal. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
Wuhuang Lu Temple |
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The decorated doorway. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
Black Dragon Pool |
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Stone animal. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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People watching a movie being made. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Actors waiting between filming a movie. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Canal walk. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Abandoned temple. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
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Lijiang |
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Soldiers. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Yulong County is a mountainous region close to the border with Tibet. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Yulong is a very dramatic region. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Village among the terraces. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Valley with gorge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Fertile valley with a small village. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Village on a shelf above a valley. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Horses. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Flat and fertile valley. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
Daju |
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Daju a village near the Tibetan border. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
Daju |
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Houses. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
Daju |
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Woman carrying water. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
Daju |
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The village is close to Tiger Leap Gorge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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The landscape is carved out by water. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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The entrance to Tiger Leap Gorge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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The 15km long Tiger Leap Gorge is where the Yangtse River drops 300m from the Tibetan Plateau. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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Landscape along the gorge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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Along the gorge the Yangtse River runs next to steep 2000m high cliffs. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Tiger Leap Gorge |
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Guide standing by the edge of the gorge. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Naxi village. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Naxi homestead. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Naxi family. |
1988 |
China |
Yunnan |
Yulong County |
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Fertile valley. |
1988 |
China |
Tibet |
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Kodari |
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The road from Nepal at Kodari. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Kodari |
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Tibet is so high that much of it is above the tree line. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Zhangmu |
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Chinese border town of Zhangmu. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Zhangmu |
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Crossing the 3800m Nielamn Pass into ethnic and geographic Tibet. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Zhangmu |
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Icy stream above the tree line. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Zhangmu |
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Nomadic settlement. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Zhangmu |
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The landscape is inhospitable. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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The village of Nylam close to the border with Nepal. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Nylam is in a valley at 3750m. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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The houses in Tibet are flat roofed with inward sloping walls. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Nylam is set in a flat valley. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Valleys are fertile when there are rivers but the slopes are barren due to the lack of rainfall. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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The village is typical of Tibet. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Monk with a picture of the Dali Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Goat herders. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
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Nylam |
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Tibetan women. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Barren landscape close to the Himalaya. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Scenery dominated by torquoise rivers and desolate mountains. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Agriculture on the valley floor. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Yaks are adapted for high altitude. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Fertile valley . |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Dark clouds over the 4500m landscape. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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A gravel road ascending the valley. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Stone houses. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Yaks grazing. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Southern Tibet |
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Barren rock formations. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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Landscape near the Lalung Leh Pass. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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Ruins of an isolated building. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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The gentle Southern approach to the pass. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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Prayer flags mark the 5050m high Lalung Leh Pass. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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View of the cloudy Himalaya from the pass. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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Small plants are all that grow at over 5000m. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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Rest stop on the lonely road on the Northern side of the Lalung Leh Pass. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Lalung Leh |
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The descent to the Tibetan Plateu. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Colourful valley on the immense Tibetan Plateau. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Rock formations and hills at 4500m. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Fertile valley floor irrigated by a river. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The Tibetan Plateau is 1000km by 2500km and is the largest plateau on Earth. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The gravel road linking Kathmandu in Nepal with Lhasa is one of the highest in the world. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Deserted settlement. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The spectacular and colourful landscape of the Tibetan Plateau with an average elavation of 4500m. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The plateau is in a rain shadow and is a high altitude desert. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Tibetan settlement at 4500m on the valley floor. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The many rivers on the plateau flow North and East to the Brahmaputra which joins the Ganges in Bangladesh. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The rivers of the plateau keep the river valleys green. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The plateau is two and a half million square kilometres (four times the size of France). |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The plateau allows agriculture but is above the tree line. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Spectacular landscapes and skies at 4000m. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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The grasslands of Tibet. |
1990 |
China |
Tibet |
Plateau |
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Yaks on the grasslands. |
1990 |