Fog
Animals and Surroundings

Fog

At an altitude of 3,200 meters, the clouds are never very far. One often wakes to an obliterated horizon, concluding that the fog will lift and...

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Autumn is Here
Animals and Surroundings

Autumn is Here

It starts with frosty mornings and frozen flowers. Soon the bushes turn red and yellow, and the pasture goes from green to golden with all the ...

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Ode to Summer
Animals and Surroundings

Ode to Summer

There is a magic ten days on the plateau in mid-July that marks the height of the wildflower season. Even during their busiest time of year, yo...

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Celebrating the Last of Summer
Animals and Surroundings

Celebrating the Last of Summer

Spring on the plateau is the least remarkable of seasons. It creeps in quietly, with the exhausted pasture turning from brown to a timid green....

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Photography at Norlha
Animals and Surroundings

Photography at Norlha

In 2007, we were all ten years younger and full of hope and expectation. When the time came to begin to document our work at Norlha we used the...

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Celebrating Summer
Animals and Surroundings

Celebrating Summer

Summer is short on the Tibetan Plateau, beginning in late June with the hills gradually turning green. By late September, the wind, with a biti...

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Thartsang Tso
Animals and Surroundings

Thartsang Tso

Thartsang Tso is a sacred lake near Labrang where people make offerings on auspicious dates. They raise prayer flags and throw papers inscribed...

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Gazelles
Animals and Surroundings

Gazelles

Gazelles are a familiar site in Ritoma. They come closest to humans in winter, when they follow the herds of yak and sheep to the winter areas ...

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Song of Spring
Animals and Surroundings

Song of Spring

Spring is a crucial time for nomads. Though the warming weather and the thawing ice bring a positive note, spring is also marked by herds of ya...

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The Kangtsa Cave
Animals and Surroundings

The Kangtsa Cave

In 2010, we discovered the nearby monastery of Kangtsa, a beautiful, small monastery surrounded by junipers and spread over a hill in a quiet, ...

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STONE WALLS
Animals and Surroundings

STONE WALLS

Massive stone walls are found everywhere in Tibet, carved out from the vast array of stone found all over the plateau, and dating to a time whe...

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Fabrics in the Wind
Animals and Surroundings

Fabrics in the Wind

A fence across the pasture, a banner, a ribbon against the sky. They blow in the wind, changing shade and color like the clouds…. Norlha fabric...

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