Lake Karakul

---

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

---

Lake Karakul : Young Tajik man Lake Karakol, meaning "black lake" in Tajik Camel in Xinjiang Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol Solar-powered yurt in western China Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Yak in China New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white Tajik elder Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul Uighur woman in front of her yurt Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt Traditional animal-skin yurt Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale Goats in front of a yurt Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt Tajik on horseback Tajik cowboy Camel standing in front of concrete yurts built bt the Chinese government Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China Tajik woman walking with goods for sale Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Rocky hut Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain