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Mountains

Mountains :

Mekong in the mountains of southeastern Tibet / northwestern Yunnan

The Mekong as seen from above

Rice terraces along the muddy Mekong

Mekong flowing through mountains in Northwestern Tibet

Mekong river in the mountains of Tibet / Yunnan

Rice fields in a valley in Tibetan Yunnan

Mekong valley on the road to Deqin

River valley in NW Yunnan

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

Village atop a ridge on the road to Dechen

The muddy upper Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as seen from above

Chicken at Ringa. This is a "spared-life" animal, one that has been saved from the butcher and set free at the monastery

Dirt road in Xinjiang

Road in Xinjiang

Village below a mountain in Xiniang

Muddy glacial river and mountains in remote western Xinjiang

Rushing stream in Datong

Rushing glacial stream in western Xinjiang

Dry valley in the Kunlun mountains

Melting mountains of Kunlun

River winding through the Kunlun mountain range

Turquoise pools along a river in the Kunlun mountains

Leaving Kusrap for Yarkand

Valley leading out of Kusrap

Sand cliffs in western China

Peaks above the Karakoram highway

Sand mountains of Xinjiang

Mountains near a high elevation wetland in Xinjiang

High elevation wetland near the Karakoram highway

High elevation creek near the Karakoram highway

High elevation waterway near the Karakoram highway

Wetland in a pass in the Pamir mountains

Pass in the Pamir mountains in western China

Pass in the Pamir mountains

Pass in the Pamirs in western China

Marshy pass in the Pamir mountains in Xinjiang

Marshy pass on the Pamir Plateau in western China

Sand covered mountains on the Pamir plateau

Karakoram highway

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

Sand dune in a mountains pass on the Chinese Pamir Plateau

Sand dune in the Pamir mountains in western China

Rocky mountains along the the Karakoram highway

Receding glacier in China

Lake with Muztag Ata in the background

Pamir plateau landscape

Glaciers in western China

Glaciers in the Pamir mountains

Karakoram highway as it winds through the Pamir mountains

High mountain peak in the Pamir mountains

Imposing mountains of the Pamir Plateau

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Muztag ata as seen from Taskkurgan fort

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Muztagata seen from a distance to the southeast

Road running under unstable sand cliffs in China

Tajik adobe huts in the Kunlun mountains

Village and mountains on road to Datong

Mountains in western China

Mountains near Tashkurgan

Sun setting on mountains east of Tashkorgan

River in a Kunlun mountain valley

Chinese glaciers melting on the high plateau of Xinjiang in western China

Snowy mountain peaks in Xinjiang

Snow-capped mountains near Bodge Feng peak in western China

Snow-capped mountain peaks near Bodge Feng near Urumqi

Hills in western China

Rocky mountain pass in western China

Fisheye view of mountains in Xinjiang near the Karakoram highway

Glaciers near Muztaga peak

Snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains

Mountains near Muzagata Peak

Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake

Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway

Pamir Mountains in Xinjiang

Reddish hills as we head from Datong

Mars in China?

Broad desert canyon in western China

Mountains on road to Datong

Muddy red Mekong running through a deep mountainous valley

High elevation valley in NW Yunnan

Narrow roads in Tibetan Yunnan

River valley in Tibetan Yunnan

Village atop a mountain ridge in Tibetan Yunnan

Village on a ridge along the road to Deqin

Rushing stream in NW Yunnan

Forested rock outcropping in Yunnan

The Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as seen from a ridge above the river

Terraced rice fields above the Yangtze River

Home above the upper Yangtze

Yangtze River in Tibetan Yunnan

High cliffs in Xinjiang

Corn field next to a river

Muddy glacial river and mountains in remote western Xinjiang

Sheer cliff in the Kunlun mountains

Dry mountainous landscape of the Kunlun mountains

Rock formations along a river in Xinjiang

Pamir plateau mountains in Xinjiang

Pamir plateau mountains

Muztag Ata reflected in a turquoise lake

Tajik mausoleum with a view of the Kunlun mountains

Looking up Datong valley

Snow-capped peaks and glaciers in western China

Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan

Hills in the Kunlun mountain range

Beam of sunlight cutting through a rocky valley in Xinjiang

Rays of sun passing through dusty air in western China

Aerial view of desert and snow-capped peaks in western China

Airplane view of agricultural fields and mountains near Urumqi in western China

Aerial view of outskirts of Urumqi with Bodge Feng peak in the background

Light colored mountains

Muztagh Ata Peak, Pamir, 7546m

Muztaga peak as seen from the Karakoram highway

Snow covered mountains near Muzagata Peak

Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China

Flood-swept landscape on the road to Yarkand

Broad, dry canyon in western China

View of forested mountain near Huafenpin, a village that will be flooded by a dam on the Mekong

Road to Deqin

River valley in northwestern Yunnan

Village atop a mountain ridge high above the upper Mekong

Village atop a mountain ridge in northwestern Yunnan

The Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as seen from atop a ridge

The upper Yangtze in northwestern Yunnan as it curves around a mountain

A bend in the upper Yangtze

Mountain near the upper Yangtze

Grassy hills in NW Yunnan

Red and gray cliffs in Yunnan

Rocky cliffs in northwestern Yunnan

Creek leading to the upper Yangtze

Upper Yangtze as it curves through Tibetan Yunnan

Creek flowing into the upper Yangtze in Yunnan

Rural Tibetan House

Cliffs along the upper Yangtze river

Limestone mountains along the Yangtze

Upper Yangtze in Yunnan province, looking upriver

High cliffs in Xinjiang

High cliffs

Sloping mountains

Muddy glacial river and mountains in remote western Xinjiang

Forested settlement in western Xinjiang

Rushing stream in the Kunlun mountains

The road out of Kusrap

High elevation grassland near the Karakoram highway

Wetland in a Pamir mountain pass

Karakoram highway with a turquoise lake in the background

Mountain peak on the Pamir Plateau

Mountain peak near the China-Tajikistan border region

Muztag ata (Muztaghata) peak seen from the outskirts of Tashkurgan

Mountains on the road to Datong

Tajik village along road to Datong

Ash-covered hills in western China

Western China mountains

Snow-capped mountains near Tashkurgan

Cattle grazing in a meadow in Tashkorgan

Leaving the Karakoram Highway

Valley along road to Datong

Mountain near the Tajikistan border

Kunlun mountain valley river

Marsh valley in western China

Two Tajiks standing on an open plain in the Kunlun mountains

Green meadows in the Kunlun mountains

Opaque turquoise waters in a canyon in western China

Imposing cliffs along a river in the Kunlun mountains

Valley in the Kunlun mountains

Aerial view of high desert in western China

Airplane view of mountains and agricultural fields near Urumqi

Airplane view of mountains and agricultural fields in western China

Airplane view of agricultural fields and mountains in western China

Rockslide across the Karakoram highway in China

Truck in a gravel bed along the Karakoram highway

Sandy cliffs along the Karakoram highway in western China

Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway towards Pakistan

Mountain pass in western China

Mountains in Xinjiang

Wetland in western China

Powerline running through remote western China

Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain

Mars-like landscape in Xinjiang

Mars-like landscape on the road to Yarkand

Red rock formations in China

Afghanistan-like terrain in China

Rocky terrain in eastern China

Desert canyon in western China

Desert canyon in Xinjiang

Rugged terrain of western China

Mountains along road from Tashkorgan to Datong County

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