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Farmers moonlight during the dry season prospecting for gold along the banks of the Mekong. Most of the panners are women and children who yield a mere 100 baht ($4) per person per day for their efforts.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 15.0 Mpixels (42.9 MB uncompressed) - 4740x3161 pixels (15.8x10.5 in / 40.1x26.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: alluvial, Asia, Burma, chance, child labor, children, girl, gold, labor, luck, Marco Polo, Mekong River, Myanmar, patience, peasant hat, precision, river stones, straw hat, water
