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The inhospitable gorges carved by the Mekong near Lanping, in northern Yunnan, keep the river unused and unnavigale until its final 90-mile stretch through China, as it spills into Laos.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 23.8 Mpixels (68 MB uncompressed) - 6000x3963 pixels (20x13.2 in / 50.8x33.6 cm at 300 ppi)
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