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“From behind” (final episode in series: shared delight, Tibetan Plateau)

 

I loved the little moment which the image captures.

Had I been in front of the mother and daughter  – and thereby made my presence intrusive – the moment simply would not have happened…at that moment, at least.

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“From behind” (#2 in single-image series: switched-on monk)

 

 

This post’s subtitle owes an apology to Wendy Carlos.

(Wendy, who was originally named Walter, is most famous for her 1968 LP “Switched-on Bach”).

This post includes a musical bonus; like the featured image, it involves Tibetan Buddhism…but not J.S. Bach.

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Three of the same (#9 in series: Goa, aka Tibetan Gazelles)

 

This post’s Tibetan Plateau location is higher and wilder than was true of #8 in this series.

The Chang Tang – also rendered into English as “Changtang” – is a very harsh environment, mostly grasslands at more than 4,000 metres above sea level, punctuated by mountains.

Much of it is protected in one of the world’s largest national parks, but climate change’s impact – here, mostly negative – is proving particularly extreme, rapid.

Goa – or Tibetan Gazelle – live here in still-considerable, but declining numbers.

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