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![In Yazd, the Towers of Silence were open-air burial places.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/126ffe5c-53d9-11e0-bddf-018e89810779/98001000011_xgaplus.jpg)
![Flying toward the Panjshir valley on a helicopter sent by Massoud.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/0e86723a-53d9-11e0-8c57-6d0e89f360b7/98001000013_xgaplus.jpg)
Flying toward the Panjshir valley on a helicopter sent by Massoud.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 18.4 Mpixels (52.5 MB uncompressed) - 5281x3476 pixels (17.6x11.6 in / 44.7x29.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Afghanistan, Desert, helicopter, hills, Landscape, Marco Polo, Massoud, Panjshir valley, sand, Silk Road
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