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A former teak forest is reduced to skeletal branches piercing the surface of Nam Ngum Lake, Laos, formed by the daming of a Mekong tributary. Underwater loggers still cut the valuable wood, most if it bound for sawmills in Thailand.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 14.8 Mpixels (42.4 MB uncompressed) - 4686x3162 pixels (15.6x10.5 in / 39.7x26.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Mekong River, South East Asia, Asia, landscape, environment, destruction, death, boat, Nam Ngum, Laos, Water, Wood, Lake, Trees, Logging