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The place the Tibetans call the sacred source of the Mekong is a frozen river bed at an altitude of 17,000 feet on the Tibetan Plateau. In search of a campsite, a guide crosses the three feet of ice under which the westernmost headwaters of the Mekong trickle.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 17.9 Mpixels (51.3 MB uncompressed) - 5150x3482 pixels (17.2x11.6 in / 43.6x29.5 cm at 300 ppi)
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