Yaks barley butter tea
The Dalai Lama sky burial Ramoche Temple
Through the sympathetic eye of the lens
The exotic, strangely familiar land of snow
opens before us.
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Ramoche Temple is a spiritual beacon for Tibetans. This is the temple's courtyard.
Potala Palace. In the foreground is the Heart-mantra of Avalokitesvara.
Chak-po-ri Mountain rises behind Potala Palace. Dust from the cliff is said to cure illness.
The snow-capped peaks of the Ka-wa Kar-po Mountains are typical of Tibetan ranges.
(Left) Tibetans dry barley on the roofs of houses. Dried, cooked, and ground into flour, barley is a Tibetan staple.
(Right) Built into the mountainside, Potala Palace contains twists and turns. Shown here is a corridor and stairwell.
This family is making a pilgrimage to Depung Monastery.
Barley, good for brewing liquor as well as for making flour, can be seen everywhere on the plains of Tibet.
Actors in Tibetan opera wear colorful costumes.
Butter tea, which quenches the thirst and warms one up, is one of the Tibetans' greatest pleasures.
Lamas at Tashilun-po Monastery recite the scriptures.
Potala Palace. In the foreground is the Heart-mantra of Avalokitesvara.
Chak-po-ri Mountain rises behind Potala Palace. Dust from the cliff is said to cure illness.
The snow-capped peaks of the Ka-wa Kar-po Mountains are typical of Tibetan ranges.
（Left） Tibetans dry barley on the roofs of houses. Dried, cooked, and ground into flour, barley is a Tibetan staple.
Built into the mountainside, Potala Palace contains twists and turns. Shown here is a corridor and stairwell.
This family is making a pilgrimage to Depung Monastery.
Barley, good for brewing liquor as well as for making flour, can be seen everywhere on the plains of Tibet.
Actors in Tibetan opera wear colorful costumes.
Butter tea, which quenches the thirst and warms one up, is one of the Tibetans' greatest pleasures.
Lamas at Tashilun-po Monastery recite the scriptures.
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