A wide, open grassland plateau with sparse green-brown grass and scattered rocks under a flat grey sky. Four dark yaks graze in a loose group in the middle distance, one larger adult with a calf-sized animal beside it. No people are visible. The landscape is typical of high-altitude terrain along the Kailash-Manasarovar route. - Nithyanandapedia

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A wide, open grassland plateau with sparse green-brown grass and scattered rocks under a flat grey sky. Four dark yaks graze in a loose group in the middle distance, one larger adult with a calf-sized animal beside it. No people are visible. The landscape is typical of high-altitude terrain along the Kailash-Manasarovar route.

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