Dusted in winter white, a timeworn cypress looms over Long Lake, some 10,000 feet up in the Min Mountains.............

Golden stalks ripple the surface of Reed Lake. The grasses will be green in the spring, when herons and wild swans can be seen feeding in the reserve.

Shuzheng Valley, Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China

Author: Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 28.2 Mpixels (80.6 MB uncompressed) - 6500x4333 pixels (21.7x14.4 in / 55x36.7 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: China, Jiuzhaigou, MM7587, Mystic Waters, National Park, reed, Reed Marsh Lake, river, Shuzheng Valley, Sichuan, stream, water, winter