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Defoliation during the war turned this mangrove forest at the mouth of the Mekong into a mud flat. At low tide, residents skim across the mud on boards, searching for anything edible - cockles, crabs, octopus - to sell at markets as far away as Saigon. Nam Can, Vietnam.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 14.7 Mpixels (42.1 MB uncompressed) - 4692x3138 pixels (15.6x10.5 in / 39.7x26.6 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Mekong River, South East Asia, Asia, environment, destruction, damage, agent orange, peasant, survival, Nam Can, Vietnam