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A photograph of a tall cairn of flat stacked stones on a rocky, gravelly mountain slope under a blue sky with scattered white clouds. Smaller stone cairns stand nearby, and distant brown mountains rise on the horizon. No people are visible.

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A photograph of stacked stone cairns on a rocky, gravel mountain slope under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Several tall piles of flat, layered stones rise from the scree, the largest in the foreground and a smaller one at the upper left, with distant brown mountains behind. No people are visible.2012-08-08A photograph of a tall cairn of stacked grey and brown stones in the foreground on the left, some stones with orange lichen, beside a green grassy valley with a small meandering stream. Behind, a barren tan mountainside rises, and a snow-capped peak with a pointed white summit stands in the distance under a blue sky with clouds. No people are visible in the scene.2011-08-06August 06 20112011-08-06August 06 20112011-08-06A high-altitude rocky meadow with many small stacked stone cairns standing among patches of grass and scattered boulders. A dirt footpath winds through the stones. Two small figures in the far upper left, one in red and one in white, walk on the slope beside a purple umbrella. No deity murti, throne or ritual objects are visible, and no person is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-08-08A person in a blue long-sleeved top, khaki trousers and a brown wide-brimmed hat kneels on a grassy hillside beside a shallow stream, stacking flat grey stones into small cairns. Several other stacked stone cairns stand nearby among scattered boulders, tufts of green grass and small yellow and pink wildflowers on a mountain meadow.2011-08-06A photograph of a rugged, barren mountain landscape under a deep blue sky. A pyramid-shaped snow-capped peak rises above a massive layered brown cliff face, with streaks of erosion down its sides. In the foreground, large weathered boulders and a small stone cairn sit beside a wide, braided river channel flowing across a pale gravel valley. Soft white clouds drift across the sky. No people or ritual activity are visible.2012-08-08A photograph on a grassy highland meadow with scattered grey and white stones and small yellow flowers. A single person in a blue long-sleeved top and khaki trousers, wearing a brown wide-brimmed hat, kneels beside a stream, stacking small flat stones into two cairns. Stream water runs across the pebbled ground in the foreground, and a green hillside rises behind.2011-08-06A photograph of a grassy hillside on a high-altitude plateau scattered with rocks and small yellow flowers. A single person in a blue long-sleeved top, khaki trousers and a brown wide-brimmed hat kneels beside a stream, hands pressed together in prayer or meditation. Two small stacked stone cairns stand on either side of the kneeling figure.2011-08-06A snow-capped pyramidal peak rises above layered brown rock cliffs and scree slopes under a clear blue sky. The snowy summit is the brightest element, set against eroded sedimentary strata in the foreground. No people, a person candidates or ritual activity are visible in this landscape view.August 09 20122012-08-09A standing figure in an orange-saffron robe and loose orange trousers stands on a gravel plain beneath rugged brown cliffs and a snow-capped peak under a clear blue sky. He wears a red-orange turban with a gold-toned medallion, a rudraksha mala, a white fringed sash, and sturdy hiking shoes. He holds a trident in one hand and raises the other hand in a gesture. The scene is a high-altitude mountain valley with sparse green grass.