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This lake, floating at the junction of the Pamir, Tian Shan and Kunlun mountains, is the highest lake of the Pamir plateau. “And when you have got to this height you find a great lake between two mountains… and a plain clothed with the finest pasture in the world…” — from The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol 1, Bk 1, Ch 32. Karakul (China)
Author: Michael Yamashita
© Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 65.0 Mpixels (186 MB uncompressed) - 9877x6585 pixels (32.9x22 in / 83.6x55.8 cm at 300 ppi)
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