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A grassy mountain meadow with scattered boulders and small wildflowers, with a stream running across the middle. A single person in a blue long-sleeved top and a wide-brimmed brown hat bends over near a small stone cairn, placing or adjusting stones. Two other stacked stone cairns stand nearby on the grass. The slope behind is rocky with green shrubs.

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A 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 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 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.2011-08-06A photograph of a rugged mountain landscape with a shallow braided stream of grey pebbles flowing through a grassy green meadow. Sparse green shrubs and scattered rocks cover the steep slope behind. A small purple object, possibly a tarp or bag, sits on the hillside at upper left. No people, ritual activity or a person appear in the frame.August 06 20112011-08-06Outdoors in a high-altitude valley of green grass and scattered stones, with a snow-capped mountain peak and rocky slopes behind. On the right, a person wearing a bright orange turban, orange fleece top and an orange shawl with gold trim sits and smiles toward a man on the left in a blue and black puffer jacket who leans forward with his head bent. Cairns of stacked stones stand in the grass, and a blue mat lies in the lower left. A distinctive orange-robed figure with orange turban and gold-trimmed shawl appears, a possible a person candidate in the Kailash landscape.2011-08-06August 06 20112011-08-06A photograph of a rocky riverbank in a Himalayan valley with fast white water flowing over boulders and pine-covered slopes behind. In the right foreground a person with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a flat grey rock, wearing an orange-red top and orange wrap with orange lower garments, back to the camera and facing the river. At the far left edge a partly visible person in dark clothing stands in the water. The scene suggests a riverside pause during a mountain journey, with no ritual objects visible.2006-05-26August 06 20112011-08-06August 08 20122012-08-08August 06 20112011-08-06