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Scenic landscape photograph of a stone-paved ridge near a high plateau lake shore, covered with carved mani stones bearing Tibetan script and many weathered animal horns, some with white cloth or paper tied to them. Behind them stretch a flat golden grassland and distant brown mountain ranges under a sky with large white cumulus clouds. No people are visible, and no a person appearance is present, only the sacred stones and horns on the open terrain.

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A photograph of a stone wall-top on a high plateau, covered with flat grey slate slabs carved with text, interspersed with weathered yak or animal horns, some with white cloth or bone pieces attached. Behind it stretch a wide golden-brown grassland, distant brown mountain ranges and a pale lake under a sky with large cumulus clouds. No people are visible.2012-08-07August 07 20122012-08-07A photograph of a yak skull with long curved brown horns resting on a stone wall built from flat grey slabs carved with script. Behind it stretches a wide dry golden plain under a cloudy sky, with brown hills in the distance and a thin band of water on the horizon. A small white structure and a blue flag sit far off in the plain. No people are visible in the scene.2012-08-07A wide scenic photograph of a high-altitude plateau beneath heavy grey and white clouds. Brown and tan hills rise in the background, with a flat golden-brown grassland in the middle distance and a pale blue lake along the horizon. In the foreground, a weathered yak skull with long curved brown horns sits atop a grey stone wall. A small white building and a roadway cross the plain, and a purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible.2012-08-07A close photograph of many flat, rounded stones painted with cream-coloured mantra-style script and symbols, arranged densely. At the centre sits a bleached animal skull with long curved horns, its forehead carved or inscribed with lettering. No people are visible; the scene is a landscape of inscribed stones and a skull in natural light.2012-08-07A dense field of flat, reddish-brown stones covered in carved and painted white and brown mantra-style script and symbols, scattered across the ground in bright sunlight. A bleached animal skull with curved horns rests at the centre, its horns also inscribed with script. A round dark stone with a radiating carved emblem sits at the lower right. No people are visible in the scene.2012-08-07Close-up photograph of many smooth stones lying densely together, most painted or carved with white and red-brown symbols and script. Centre of the frame is a bleached animal skull with long curved horns, its brow inscribed with white characters. No people are visible. Outdoor, sunlit stones form a scenic field of inscribed rocks.2012-08-07A bovine skull with long curved horns rests among many flat reddish-brown stones painted with white symbols and script. The skull's forehead bears white and red painted characters, and the stones surround it in a dense pile on dry ground. No people are visible; the scene is a close outdoor still life of mantra-inscribed stones and an animal skull.2012-08-07A photograph of a dense field of flat, weathered stones, many painted or carved with white and dark Tibetan-style mantra script and symbols. In the centre sits a bleached animal skull with curved horns, the horns also inscribed with script, resting among the stones. No people are visible.2012-08-07A photograph of a wide, grassy high-altitude plain with gravelly ground and a herd of black and white yaks walking across it toward the right. Snow-capped mountains rise in the background between brown hills under a cloudy sky. No people are visible in the scene.2011-08-07August 07 20122012-08-07A photograph of a rocky hillside covered with many flat stones carved and painted with Tibetan mani script in white and orange tones, with stone shrines or chortens in white in the background. Colourful prayer flags in yellow, green, red and blue stretch across a bright blue sky with white clouds over a high open landscape. No people are visible.2012-08-07