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Yunnan Photos

All images are the property of Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com, copyright 2006. Contact me regarding use and reproduction.




These " Yunnan Photos " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Man in a rice field



Yunnan snub-nosed monkey habitat in Yunnan



Stalks of rice in China



Rice along a road in Yunnan



Rice agriculture along the upper MeKong River in China



The muddy upper Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as seen from above



World's largest prayer wheel, located in Shangri-La, China



Red grassland



Flooded grassland in Yunnan



Green rice fields of the upper Mekong river valley in northwest Yunna



Homes and farmland that will soon be evacuated due to a dam project



Flooded pasture near Zhongdian



Colorful flowers on the Tibetan plateau



Red plants in a grassy field near Shangri-La



Chinese high elevation wetlands



Red plants on a pasture



The upper Mekong



Home that will be flooded by a man on the Mekong



Huafengin, a town that will be flooded by a dam on the Mekong





Country home with a corn field



Rice fields



Terraced rice fields in NW Yunnan



Terraced rice fields in northwestern Yunnan



Terraced rice paddies



Terraced rice paddies



Rice fields along the muddy red Mekong



Rice fields bordering the Mekong



Deep brick red color of the upper Mekong. This section will be flooded by a dam



A small stream in Tibetan Yunnan



Mekong in the mountains of southeastern Tibet / northwestern Yunnan



Mekong river in the mountains of Tibet / Yunnan



Mekong flowing through mountains in Northwestern Tibet



The Mekong as seen from above



Rice terraces along the muddy Mekong



Rice fields in a valley in Tibetan Yunnan



Mekong valley on the road to Deqin



Looking out the car window to Tibetan village with terraced rice fields



River valley in NW Yunnan



Village atop a ridge on the road to Dechen



Agricultural village outside Zhongdian



Baby donkey looking through a doorway in a foggy village in Tibetan Yunnan



Waterfall near the Yangtze river in northwestern Yunnan province



Giant prayer wheel in Zhongdian



Flooded grassland with Zhongdian in the background



Tibetan wildflowers on a hillside above a highway



Rice fields along the upper MeKong River



Rice paddies along the MeKong River in China



Rapids on the Mekong River -- these will be flooded out by a planned dam



Narrow canyon of the upper Mekong River



Vegetation growing on a gray limestone cliff above the Mekong



Terraced rice paddies in Yunnan



Terraced rice paddies in the upper Mekong



Sumtsanlang monsatery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China






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