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Mongolia

103 images Created 24 Jul 2009

Land Beyond Time and Space
From the Breshnev-Era flats of Ulaan Baatar to the tents of the nomads, from the green hills of the North to the dunes of the Gobi: impressions from a country with many facets, that seems to exist simultaneously in various places and moments in time.
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..08/21/2001.Ancient winter palace of the Bogds, the spiritual and political leaders of the late Mongol empire up to the socialist revolution in 1921..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..08/21/2001.Ancient winter palace of the Bogds, the spiritual and political leaders of the late Mongol empire up to the socialist revolution in 1921..Erotic painting at the souvenir shop..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..08/21/2001.Ancient winter palace of the Bogds, the spiritual and political leaders of the late Mongol empire up to the socialist revolution in 1921..Painting at the souvenir shop..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..08/21/2001.Concrete appartment blocks dubbed "Breshnev's Gift" - a donation of the former Soviet Secretary during one of his state visits..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..08/22/2001.Museum of Natural History. Dinosaur skeleton (T-Rex)..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.MIAT flight Ulan Bator - Juulchin Gobi tourist camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.MIAT Antonov AN-24 flight Ulan Bator - Juulchin Gobi tourist camp landing at the camp's airstrip..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Antonov AN-24 MIAT flight Juulchin Gobi tourist camp - Ulan Bator starting from the camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Jeeps of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Jeeps of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Jeeps of Nomads Tours passing Ibex warning at Yolyn Am..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Wild horses at Yolyn Am..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Black vultures at Yolyn Am..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Ovoo (stone heap to honour local patron gods) at Yolyn Am..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Tourists, lazy horses at Yolyn Am..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Gers at Juulchin Gobi tourist camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Preparations for a folcloric mask dance show at Juulchin Gobi tourist camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/23/2001.Preparations for a folcloric mask dance show at Juulchin Gobi tourist camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Mongolians giving water to their horses at a well in the desert..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Lizard..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park...(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Tourists climbing Khongoryn Els sand dunes..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Motocycle driver in front of Khongoryn Els sand dunes at sunset..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Khongoryn Els sand dunes at sunset..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/24/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Landscape at Khongoryn Els sand dunes at sunset, jeep of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/25/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Khongoryn Els sand dunes. Jeep driver of Nomads Tours having fun with dressing a passenger in a traditional del..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/25/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Landscape between Khongoryn Els sand dunes and Bayanlig. A passenger protects herself from dust in a Jeep of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/25/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Landscape between Khongoryn Els sand dunes and Bayanlig. Passengers travelling with Nomads Tours having lunch in the shadow of the kitchen truck (from left: Paul Friedrich, Suzan Samandari, Ulla Ackermann, Riba.).(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/25/2001.Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park..Landscape between Khongoryn Els sand dunes and Bayanlig. The kitchen truck of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/25/2001.North of Bayanlig..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Tank post..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Guests of honour at local Naadam festival, cheese and dried yoghurt..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Motorcycle escort for horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Highly decorated guest of honour at local Naadam festival..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Riders at local Naadam festival..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Wrestling at local Naadam festival..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Giving mares' milk to horses and riders that will be taking part in a horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Riders approaching the start of a horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Motorcycle escort for stallions' horse race over 25 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Visitors waiting for the finish of a horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Finish of the runners-up in a horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Local Naadam festival. Finish of the runners-up in a horse race over 30 kilometers..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/26/2001.Bayangovi. Wrestling at local Naadam festival..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bayangovi. Man with traditional hat..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Mount Ikh Bayan. Rock paintings 30-40.000 years old..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Mount Ikh Bayan. Rock paintings 30-40.000 years old..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Mount Ikh Bayan. Setting up a ger..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Near Bugiin Tsav. Jeep drivers of Nomads Tours during siesta..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bugiin Tsav. View over a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Colorful rounded stones from an ancient riverbed..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bugiin Tsav. View over a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times. Camels in the distance..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Site of finds of fossilized dinosaur remains. Presumed dino thigh bone..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/27/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Site of finds of fossilized dinosaur remains at sunset..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Zuun Mod ("100 Trees"), oasis in a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Zuun Mod ("100 Trees"), oasis in a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times. Dry wood..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Zuun Mod ("100 Trees"), oasis in a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times. Sand dunes..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Bugiin Tsav. Zuun Mod ("100 Trees"), oasis in a giant depression valley that used to be a river bed in ancient times. Sand dunes..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Near Bugiin Tsav. Jeep of Nomads Tours..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Near Mount Burkhan Khailaast. Camels at a watering hole..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/28/2001.Mount Burkhan Khailaast. Landscape at sunset..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Mount Burkhan Khailaast. Paul Friedrich, German tour operator, in his sleeping bag at sunrise..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Mount Burkhan Khailaast. Kitchen truck towing Jeep of Nomads Tours with defective generator..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Mount Burkhan Khailaast. Well with Bernoulli screw..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, kids of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj herding camels..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Satellite dish..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Portable shower next to kitchen car of Nomads Tours' tent camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj (r.). Sheep being slaughtered in honour of guests in traditional way: the sheep's belly is slit open, then a hand reaches into the cavity and blocks the blood flow by pinching the aorta..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj (r.). Sheep being slaughtered in honour of guests in traditional way: the sheep's belly is slit open, then a hand reaches into the cavity and blocks the blood flow by pinching the aorta..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Camels and moonrise at Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/29/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Sheep being slaughtered in honour of guests..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/30/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Chimiddorj's relatives..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/30/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Chimiddorj's relatives and kids with camels..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/30/2001.Tzochorinam, gers belonging to the family of wealthy camel herder and local hero Chimiddorj. Chimiddorj with camels and his ZIL truck..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/30/2001.Tsagan Bulag, gers belonging to the family of 15-year-old Urna, winner of a gold medal in an English language school competition. Urna's grandmother..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/30/2001.Tsagan Bulag, gers belonging to the family of 15-year-old Urna (3rd from l.), winner of a gold medal in an English language school competition..Paul Friedrich, German travel agent, showing video of his trying to help them milk goats..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Riding at dawn/sunrise with camels of wealthy herder and local hero Chimiddorj from Tsagan Bulag to Tsagan Gol near Bayangovi..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Riding at dawn/sunrise with camels of wealthy herder and local hero Chimiddorj from Tsagan Bulag to Tsagan Gol near Bayangovi..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Tsagan Bulag, gers belonging to the family of 15-year-old Urna, winner of a gold medal in an English language school competition..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Tsagan Bulag, kid with broken teeth at gers belonging to the family of 15-year-old Urna, winner of a gold medal in an English language school competition..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Tsagan Bulag, gers belonging to the family of 15-year-old Urna, winner of a gold medal in an English language school competition. Man with goat cheese..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..08/31/2001.Bayangovi. Young lady owning a textile shop..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/01/2001.Ovoo (stone heap to honour local patron gods) overlooking landscape on Mount Ikh Bogd..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/01/2001.Lake Orog (salt lake). Horses and camels..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/01/2001.Mount Ikh Bogd, landscape around Lake Orog (salt lake)..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/01/2001.Lake Orog (salt lake). Horses and young Mongolian riders..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/02/2001.Mount Ikh Bogd, landscape at Lake Orog (salt lake). Horses near Nomad Tours camp..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/02/2001.Dunes at Lake Orog (salt lake)..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/02/2001.Dunes at Lake Orog (salt lake). Mongolian rider, son..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/03/2001.Vultures near Bayanhongor..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/03/2001.Bayanhongor (Bayankhongor). View on gers and houses from stupa hill..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/03/2001.Bayanhongor (Bayankhongor). Stupa hill..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/03/2001.Bayanhongor (Bayankhongor). Ovoo (stone heap to honour local patron gods), telecommunication equipment on stupa hill..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA..09/03/2001.Bayanhongor (Bayankhongor). Monument to honour the Communist Revolution..(Photo by Heimo Aga).
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  • ULAN BATOR, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Full moon over the city..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Gers, horses in landscape..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Tent party organized by a group of company workers. Participants and supplies are transported in a ZIL truck..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Milking mares..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Horses and Mongolian cowboy..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.ZIL truck stuck in the middle of a river..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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  • TERELJ, MONGOLIA..09/04/2001.Decorated wooden roof poles and center columns of a ger..(Photo by Heimo Aga)
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