Tag Archives: Mountains

Misty Mountain [Haiku]

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Photograph of mushroom caps among lichens and leaves, taken in the mountains near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
in misty mountains,
 tiny fungi bloom amid
  lichens and mosses.

DAILY PHOTO: Golden Buddha Near Vang Vieng

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Photograph of a Golden Buddha with a backdrop of Karst mountains and blue sky that was taken on the "Blue Lagoon" loop to the west of Vang Vieng, Laos.

Two Worlds / One Valley [Haiku]

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Photograph taken in Stepantsminda down the Terek River valley towards Russia.
sunny mountains;
 down the valley farmers
  socked in by clouds.

DAILY PHOTO: A Gray Lake

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Photograph of Big Almaty Lake (Үлкен Алматы көлі) near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The lakes color changes over the course of the year. Here it is a sediment loaded gray color.

DAILY PHOTO: Tall Pines, Kolsay Lake

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Photograph taken from a mountain trail around the Kolsay Lakes in Kazakhstan with tall evergreen trees in the fore and lake and valley in the rear.

DAILY PHOTO: Valley, Boz-Salkyn

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Photograph of valley with yurts in Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken on the Boz-Salkyn trek, south of Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken down the mountain at Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.

Mountain Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of blue skies over a small roadside stop in the Andes between Cuzco and Puno.
mountain skies:
 fade to a blue so deep
  it chills the bones.

DAILY PHOTO: Palms & Mountains, Vang Vieng

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Photograph of a palm tree in the fore and karst mountains in the background. Taken outside Vang Vieng, Laos.
Photograph with Vang Vieng Village and a palm tree in the foreground, and karst mountains in the background.

Chinese Painting [Tanka]

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Photograph taken at sundown in Vang Vieng, Laos.
sunlight washes out
 the distant mountains; 
  they look like
 an old Chinese painting --
 ink faded with age.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes From the North Laos Countryside

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Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of farmland and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.
Photograph of creek, farmland, and mountains near Nam Dee, Luang Namtha, Laos.