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A medium-sized honeyeater with a short black bill. Almost entirely plainish yellow and featureless, lacking stripes, bars, cheek patches, and wingbars, which help with identification. Listen for its piercing “whee-whee” or a single high-pitched whistle. Found pretty much anywhere with trees in far northern Queensland including gardens and mangroves, where it forages high up in the trees. (eBird)
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A pretty new honeyeater to herald our arrival in Cairns. A very plain bird, but one of the more colourful seen to this point.
Les Davie Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
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Big Rock (also known as either Okotoks Erratic or, by the Blackfoot, as Okotok) likely served as a prominent landmark for Indigenous people.
The Okotoks Erratic is a 16,500-tonne (18,200-ton) boulder that lies on the otherwise flat, relatively featureless, surface of the Canadian Prairies in Alberta [An erratic is a rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action].
This massive angular boulder, which is broken into two main pieces, measures about 41 by 18 metres and is 9 m high. It consists of thick-bedded, micaceous, feldspathic quartzite that is light grey, pink, to purplish. Besides having been extensively fractured by frost action, it is unweathered. [...]. Wikipedia
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An augur buzzard -- Buteo augur -- looks for small game from a bit of a high perch on a termite mound early in the morning on the rolling, featureless plain of Ngorongoro Crater on northern Tanzania. ©2021 John Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Say that a few times an see if you can lol...
The sun sets in the west (obviously ) so you have to be up pretty early to get a sunrise at this very flat featureless part of the Lincolnshire coast but as I happen to love these chalets and hadn't got a photo of their backsides I was very pleased to photograph them in the setting sun and getting the sky and sun reflections in the second chalet from the right :))
I'm no landscape snapper but how can you resist the charm of the Hope Valley in dappled sunlight?
In front of me is Lose Hill Pike rising to 476m (1561') and, immediately to the right in the distance, Brown Knoll - a featureless and interminably long 2 mile trek which links Kinder Scout (seen on the far right) to the long ridge stretching between Lord's Seat, Mam Tor and Lose Hill Pike - the latter being one of the best and most popular hikes in the Hope Valley.
This was snapped from Win Hill with coffee and sandwiches on the go, just the sheep for company, and waiting for a train - what more can you ask?
15th February 2016
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A very atmospheric sunset captured near the summit of Meal Fell in the northern Lake District, looking out towards the small lake of Over Water in the shadow of Binsey hill.
Meal Fell is quite a secretive summit as it is tucked closely within many taller hills - therefore it is not noticeably visible from many viewpoints except those within close proximity; and when viewed from a distance it blends into the higher contours encircling it. In his guidebooks for the Lake District, author Mark Richards describes Meal Fell as a 'hideaway height' and goes on to say: 'here you can imagine yourself far removed from life's turmoil - a timeless air pervades the setting, and only vapour trails in the sky give a clue to a global world of travel and travail'.
Even though the view inland is limited by the surrounding uplands, the summit itself is a rather exhilarating place to stand. The prospect north and west from the top is truly breathtaking with far-reaching views out towards the Solway Firth and distant Scotland; certainly making up for the limited views in other directions. There is also a substantial shelter on the summit which provides respite from the prevailing westerly winds which often preside here.
The wind was certainly strong on this occasion, but it was definitely worth braving for this sublime sunset light. The hill of Binsey, which is the northernmost of the Wainwright summits within the National Park, can be seen silhouetted above the small lake of Over Water. The large rocks provided some perfect foreground interest on an otherwise featureless slope descending steeply from the summit down to the source of the River Ellen.
My least favourite type of weather, is an overcast sheet of white across the entire sky, featureless, boring and annoying, plus seemingly it lasts forever! So, one thing I know when I have perused other photos against such a backdrop, is that they can look like watercolour paintings. This is what I wanted to achieve in this shot.
However, much to my luck, a Bumblebee flew into the shot just as I hit the shutter down and thus, this is the result, I couldn't be happier. The slightly out of focus Bee accentuates to the image I wanted to create, a water painting without heavy software manipulation; sometimes in photography you can just get lucky!
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!
An arch I made on an afternoon where the sky was fairly featureless. It wasn't the most stable though and soon let gravity take over, so Fall Fall Fall by Razorlight is fine. I love the water droplet falling into the pool , I sometimes wash the stones to remove the sand . I never tire of making things.
View towards the Eskdale valley from the slopes of Slight Side, with the cairn catching the very last rays of the sun, and the rocky Hard Knott fell in the centre distance. Cairns show us the way in featureless or foggy landscapes, and it is a good habit to add a rock if it needs it.
My puffin post yesterday wrapped up the seabird series and kicked off a series of multiples...shots with multiple (two or more) subjects.
Here, a herd of bison grazing in a fresh dusting of snow in Grand Teton National Park. The challenge on this one was that the bison were a considerable distance from the road. I wanted to include as much of the heard as possible and zooming to 400mm didn't do that. So I backed off to 200mm which allowed most of the herd to be in the fame, but way too much featureless snow in the foreground. I played with the crop options and settled on this pano crop.
Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall
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Having seen the tail end of the heather season in Cornwall last year I set myself the target of shooting the Sea Thrift this year. Pleased to say the week I was in Cornwall it was flowering well so you are likely to see quite a few images with it in!
Sea Thrift (Armnia Maritima) forms a dense, mounded tufts of grass like leaves that spread slowly. It blooms here in the UK in mid-late Spring and is commonly found in craggy coastal locations like Cornwall. It grows to about 15-30cm (6"-12") in height and is pretty tolerant of any soil so long as it's well drained and prefers full sun/partial shade. It's basically resistant to disease/pests and drought tolerant once established. In other words it's a hardy little fella and our coastlines here are all the better for it.
Godrevy Lighthouse is an area that always features highly on the recommendations of where to shoot in Cornwall and was relatively close to my campsite. Having pitched my tent I thought this would be a convenient location for a first shoot. Unfortunately no epic sky for sunset (it just got more and more grey & featureless) and the tides were not great to shoot from the ledges which are the more common spots to shoot from here.
I therefore contented myself with looking for compositions to make the most of the thrift and the lighthouse. Luckily close to the car park I found a gap in a 'wall' of sea thrift and knew I had to find some compositions to include it in. Couldn't get the gap in the wall to line up with the lighthouse so this was one of the angles I shot this at and even if I say so myself am pretty happy with how it's come out. tried several edits and in the end went for a painterly preset but reduced the amount significantly and, if you can believe it, desaturated the grass/greens as they just looked too vivid.
Thanks for viewing and hope everyone is having a great weekend.
This is a scene from Thorswood Nature Reserve. The reserve is owned/managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and has stunning and far reaching panoramic views across the rolling Staffordshire Moorland countryside looking out over the Peak National Park, Derbyshire Dales, Weaver Hills and also has a clear view of Rugeley Power Station some 25 miles away in the flatter, south, part of the county (as in this view)
You'd think that having such good views would offer many possibilities for photos yet it's quite difficult because any features are so tiny that you need to zoom in - and then you lose the panorama, otherwise it's just endless, featureless fields. On this day, however, a good opportunity presented it'self because of the features in the sky and snow on the ground - so....click, had to be quick actually before those fabulous rays of light disappeared!
5 years ago this month I began my hobby of photographing the wonderful landscapes of Atlantic Canada! What a wonderful and rejuvenating journey it's been.
It all began after moving back to Nova Scotia from Alberta after living there for all of my formative years. I was divorced from nature for a decade and didn't have the mind to appreciate it even if I found it in those vast, nearly featureless, prairies of central Canada...but once I breathed the fresh Atlantic air once more, my soul was awakened from it's slumber.
In three months I'll have been on Flickr for five years as well. A big thank you in advance for those of you who have been enjoying my adventures alongside me for years, months, or days!
This photo was taken just up from Mill Falls in Kejimkujik National Park, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
It's a long walk from one shady spot to the next and don't mention the problems the local dogs have!
The flat, almost featureless plains surrounding the countless dunes of the Namibian desert.
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
Early start and park up before wandering down to the beach near Bamburgh on a featureless sky pre-dawn morning. We were all heading further down to the water when I said to Melvin that I liked the lights reflecting in the water and planted my tripod.
Now ideally there would have been a bit more water for more of a reflection but you have to work with what you have. I love these old castles when lit up and felt f/8 was fine at the distance I was shooting and it let me keep the ISO low. Decided to go with an 8x10 crop, I could have gone with less height but I quite liked the 'dead space' above the castle but know it may not be to everyone's taste.
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Hope anyone reading this has a great weekend. Autumn proper is nearly with us here in UK so time to get ready!😃
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No, it is the the Time and Tide Bell near Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire Coast.. On this vast beach it can be seen for miles but the weather although warm had a featureless almost colourless sky due to haze caused by pollution. I did my best to inject a little more blue into the sky without changing the colour of the bell but its still a little blah..
Nevertheless here it is...I would love to get another photo of this sometime and the beach is beautiful and vast and if you bump into anyone its rare - although the foot prints show that it does have a regular stream of visitors. Two people walking the shoreline in this shot show the scale of this beach ( if you can make their tiny figures out )
It starts ringing as soon as the tide comes in and other bells like it have already been installed at six beaches across the country.
Time and Tide Bell is an art project made up of bells, designed by UK sculptor Marcus Vergette and Australian bell designer Neil McLachlan, installed at coastal locations in the UK. The first one was placed at Appledore, Devon, in 2009 and the seventh at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire in June 2019
The Dreamtime, or the Dreaming, that was in the beginning. As Aboriginals imagine it, the earth in the beginning was a featureless waste, but beings called the Altjeringa Metjina, the Eternal Ones of the Dream emerged, and they went walkabout and dreamed the world, trees ,rivers, moutains, a vast variety of things.
And so it was as the earth as we now know it came to be.
I had big expectations on flying Goose high and wide above the pristine coastlines of Fraser Island but with a few technical surprises changing my best laid plans I chose to embrace the sun and sand instead and go old-school with my trusty tripod.
The SS Maheno first appears as a mirage on the distant horizon, a dark curiosity on an otherwise featureless stretch of sea and sky. Unlike the other few shipwrecks I’ve been fortunate enough to visit, this old 5,000 tonne ocean liner is big and complex to photograph. A high tide would work wonders but getting there would be a challenge.
I can only image how imposing and dramatic this wreck would have been on the 7th July 1935 when she first touched these sandy shores in all her sea-worthy grandiosity.
The graceful curves of Chicago’s Lake Point Tower rise into the featureless, overcast sky over Lake Michigan.
A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhouette is usually presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline, which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic medium, but were first used to describe pieces of cut paper, which were then stuck to a backing in a contrasting colour, and often framed.
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The View Café Bar at Winthorpe Skegness a couple of weeks ago. It was busy the weekend just past but at least a fortnight ago I could snap that spiral staircase against that featureless sky on the evening of 2022:05:14 21:28:37 using the Fujifilm x100v handheld.
It used to be the lifeguard station before turning into this charming café that looks out to the windfarms in the North Sea.. We were at the coast again at the weekend for four days child sitting Leo who at ten years old is now at the giggling stage where every thing we uttered was turned into a riddle or a “ did you know “ question every two seconds. I was treated to about a million ‘interesting’ facts that I never knew before and have forgotten already and came home completely exhausted but extremely well informed lol ;)
Discover the 'Hidden Gem' on the seafront at Winthorpe serving specialist coffees, teas, milkshake deluxe and a selection of wines, ciders and beers.
As per usual internet was okay for Jonathan on Drs.Net but Flickr just a row of black boxes instead of your wonderful inspirational photography. Catching up the best I can….Sue x
Again, the scene is the medieval castle of Berkhamsted, or what is left of it, and, to the left, the gatehouse of 1865. What I am experimenting with is "sky replacement". The actual sky was boring and featureless. Now, is this an editorial 'emergency' that entitles you to take drastic steps to 'improve' the image? I wonder what people feel about it.
I am very pleased with the shot of the aircraft, but the sky was so completely and boringly featureless, I have replaced it with a stock sky.
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Clichéd, St Anne's Pier, Lancashire
So I spent an hour or so at St Anne's shooting the pier and the old section of pier during the highest tide of the year. It was a 10 metre tide as it turns out and I have been after this image for a number of years now. It is rare that the tide comes in and surrounds the main pier and so when a very high tide is offered, you have to head down to capture it on camera.
The issue was, that every man and his dog were out too, enjoying the mini heatwave and glorious conditions but in shooting long exposure images, everybody disappeared from shot. I managed to purchase this used deck chair from a local Facebook seller and I collected it en-route to St Anne's.
I know the shot is a cliché one but I have the same image without the deck chair as well. The sky was absolutely featureless with no clouds in sight and for once, I did not mind as it places all the focus on the chair and piers. If you have been out and about today, I hope you enjoyed it. Life is precious and to be experienced.
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On a day when the light was behaving very strangely under a blanket of dense, featureless sky, but with a little ray of sunshine hitting that field from somewhere which meant you just had to stop the car.
fantastic morning spent with a mate i havent seen in a while, good bit of banter followed by a coffee at mcdonalds, pity the sunrise was a bit featureless!!
2001: Odyssee im Weltraum ist ein Science-Fiction-Film aus dem Jahr 1968 von Stanley Kubrick
...is a 1968 epic science fiction film by Stanley Kubrick.
Der Film beschreibt die Forschungsreise von fünf Wissenschaftlern zum Planeten Jupiter, nachdem ein mysteriöser schwarzer Monolith entdeckt worden ist, der die menschliche Evolution beeinflusst hat; gesteuert wird das Raumschiff mit Hilfe des Bordcomputers HAL 9000.
The film, which follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL after the discovery of a featureless alien monolith
affecting human evolution.
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Here we have one of those smaller and petite morphs of the Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps). This population is found on the hard, stony, red-soils, on and around the Selwyn Range. This adult male was seen on the road in cyclonic conditions on a heavily grazed and featureless stony plain vegetated with open stands of mulga (Acacia aneura) to the south of Mt Isa in north-western Queensland. P. vitticeps is commonly seen with the tail arched. I posed him that way to get a closer perspective in frame and to accentuate the dramatic weather unfolding out the back. I reckon it came out a treat.
These are late Cretaceous greywacke sandstones of the Cambria slab. They are interpreted as submarine landslides into a large marine canyon, something like the present-day Monterey Canyon. Ordinarily they look like massive, grey, featureless sandstone. But in flat light & when they are wet, sometimes you get enigmatic hints like this. . .
Field of view is about 2 ft (60 cm) across, by memory.
On our way to Fundy National Park a couple of weeks ago, we topped a forested hill to find acres and acres of blueberry fields in their autumn splendor. We were all blueberry eyes with cameras in hand! The only problem was that the sky was absolutely flat grey and featureless. Consequently, the only way I could make this shot work, was to add in a more interesting sky and hoped that would do the trick for Sliders Sunday! Happy Sliders Sunday!
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Hannover
"One of the more complex projects is the North German Regional Clearing Bank in Hannover, Germany, which was designed in 2002 by Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner. 'Despite being for a large commercial client," the project's entry maintained, "the building eschews monumentality, with the scale broken down to create a humane working environment. The tower and spaces around the courtyard are organized with an angular geometry. The erratic plan is exploited to provide a variety of office accommodation and open circulation spaces, with exterior views and plentiful daylight, avoiding the featureless corridors typical for countless modern office buildings. Mini-blocks of offices spectacularly busrt out at different angles from the tower itself - at one place steppping dramatically out floor by floor - again fragmenting the mass of the complex.' " www.thecityreview.com/phaid.html
"Im unteren Teil besteht das Gebäude aus einer rechtwinkligen Blockrandbebauung mit den Abmessungen von 150 m auf 100 m. An der zum Friedrichswall gewandten Seite wird das Erdgeschoss in seiner gesamten Länge von Restaurants und Läden genutzt. An der Willy-Brandt-Allee im Westen schließt sich die Kunstgalerie der Nord/LB an, die NORD/LB art gallery. Die darüberliegenden Büros befinden sich an diesen beiden Seiten und zum Theater am Aegi hinter einer Doppelfassade. Installiert wurden diese aus klimatechnischen Gründen und um die Bankangestellten vor Schall zu schützen. Das für die Fassaden genutzte Weißglas spiegelt stark und zeigt dem Betrachter so die umgebende Bebauung und den Himmel. Die nach innen gewandten Fassaden sind hingegen nur einfach verglast, ebenso die zu den Wohnhäusern gelegene Gebäudeseite an der Bleichenstraße. Im Innenbereich werden die verschiedenen Gebäudeteile durch gläserne Röhren verbunden („Skywalks“).“ deu.archinform.net/projekte/8980.htm
Quite a pleasant view, it certainly is nicer than great featureless slabs of bare brick........dotted with steel or fire escape doors
( necessary though they are ) you could say this one is rather well suited, for those who rail against graffiti.
I don't find it in the least Offensive ;-))))))))
I am due to take a party up onto the Kinder Scout plateau in a month or so, but as it was a while since I last ventured up onto what really is a featureless landscape I thought it wise to carry out a recce. This shot was taken early on by then rim where there are a few features that can catch they eye, however once up on the plateau you really are in an open boggy pathless peaty terrain that is full of cloughs which are gullies that have been cut in the peat by rainwater flowing away. These cloughs are typically six foot deep and steep sided. They make for an entertaining crossing. Thankfully we had fine visibility on our day out unlike the last time I ventured up there.
The foreground greenery is provided by a carpet of blaeberries.
I was hoping for a nice misty/foggy morning to provide some atmosphere, especially for when we got higher up at Rhosydd. Unfortunately the cloud/fog settled lower and by the time Darcy and I got up to Rhosydd amongst the ruins the fog was so dense everything was a featureless grey wall. Shucks. I will just have to go back again to try and get those shots. Similarly back at the Tanygrisiau end of the Cwmorthin valley the sun threatened to break through the low cloud (hence the blue varying to yellowy sky) but decided to wimp out. Despite that I still think it looks beautiful.
After getting a series of shots of this Coyote at rest (see yesterday's image), it moved over the hill, out of sight. I drove a very short distance up the rough road, got out, and climbed a slow hill to see if I could spot it. Time and again I am amazed at how these animals can disappear on seemingly featureless prairie. And this place had hills, gullies, even trees - lots of places into which a wily coyote could disappear.
But there it was, and we played hide and seek in the tall grass for a few minutes. Its curiosity aroused, the little predator did a wide circle around me to get downwind and pick up my scent. By now I was lying flat on the ground, with my feet toward the Coyote, shooting across my body and flipping the camera vertically because with the 500mm lens it more than filled the frame.
What happened next? Find out tomorrow...
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Despite lying only a mile or so away from the Kinder plateau (and even closer to the Pennine Way) the summit of Brown Knoll (569m / 1867ft) at the head of Edale, is ignored by most hikers. A walk over the summit is to indulge in a high-level 2 mile trek over fairly featureless moorland terrain linking Kinder Scout and the Lord's Seat / Mam Tor ridge.
Summer walks over the top can be a real pleasure with skylarks heard (although less often scene), along with the occasional grouse call. Winter walks here risk being exposed to biting westerly winds whipping in from the Irish Sea which can make the two mile crossing seem much longer.
This day's route didn't take me over the top but with the backlight and silhouetted effect, I couldn't resist a shot capturing the rather bleak and sinister atmosphere as I walked the last few yards to the summit.
For the rail enthusiast, no trains visible from here I'm afraid, but the 2 mile long Cowburn Tunnel does pass somewhere below and one of the ventilation shafts is clearly visible during the latter stages of the crossing.
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I'll say this for the weather, plan anything on a bank holiday and you've only yourself to blame. The Spring bank holiday weather duly delivered - grey, flat, drizzly with a featureless sky. However, we had a cunning plan and stayed for two nights. Taken the following evening from the lifeboat jetty, slightly later than my first attempts on account of a compulsory dessert in the Hawes Inn opposite the jetty - highly recommended for staying, eating and the odd drink!
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Taken from the pathway on the north side of the River Adige near the Giardini Pubblici Arsenale. The sky was such a vivid blue, but featureless, that I thought the tree cover could would help fill in the shot.
Hiding behind a curtain in a suspect's apartment, and then your feet will give you away? Not for Tintin and Snowy. They just placed toy statues of themselves behind the curtain to fool the villain, got the evidence, and escaped from the scene before he even realised what was going on ;-)
I've noticed that there was some ambiguity, or confusion about what a silhouette is, and what is not, for MM's theme "Silhouettes". Some pictures were not accepted, because they show shadows instead of silhouettes. However, I've also noticed that several pictures in the - very beautiful - example gallery www.flickr.com/photos/130205975@N03/galleries/72157684149... show shadows. And while the moderator warned that she did not consider every capture in the gallery as a silhouette, she did not point out which captures, and why. Which may have lead to misunderstandings, at least for some of us, because in the theme's description shadows were not specifically excluded from the theme, either.
In this capture (and my previous, "official" MM one) the subjects were placed very close to the curtain, and very close to the window, the interior is featureless (except for the texture of the curtain), and the edges match the outline of the subject(s) exactly. So in my understanding I have created both a shadow, and a silhouette. There may even be a little confusion regarding what a silhouette is when it comes to different languages, because, for instance, in German the term Schattenriss (Schatten = shadow) is described as a silhouette as well, and even includes the word shadow; and in English the term for this specific art technique is only "silhouette" (it's the same in French, Italian, Spanish...).
40km to the west of Hay in rural NSW is the abandoned One Tree Hotel. Built in 1862 it was named after a single lonely gum tree nearby and speaks to the heyday of our defining pastoral settlement from this important part of the region.
After a very lonely drive along the abandoned Cobb Highway, the hotel began to appear on the far distance as the only distraction to what was an otherwise featureless horizon. When I eventually arrived I imprudently turned off the bitumen on to what looked like hard dirt only to quickly realise I had driven into very thick mud with a deceiving dry crust over the top. After an hour of digging (and a memorable water bottle shower in the middle of a highway) my 4WD was back on the tarmac and I was ready to shoot.
“If you want a forgotten corner to be remembered, a featureless place to be loved, a shadowy emptiness to shine, put some flowers there!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
Taken early morning as the sun shone into this fault line chasm lighting up the stream soon to be dark and featureless as the moment passed.
This beautiful hen pheasant shot out of the bushes at the end of my garden while I was down there looking for the resident fallow deer. A startled turn and shoot reaction from me akin to walked up game shooting and the AF nailed it perfectly. It's a bit of a shame about the featureless, cloudy sky but you can't have everything. It does seem make the bird stand out though, well that's what I'll keep telling myself...
Nomads has to move ,so the catle has new and fresh gras. Taking everything they own and put it on the backs of yaks and horses.
For the Tibetan nomads, life is indeed a struggle in the harsh environment of the high plateau: A place where the ground and winds are in perpetual motion. It is a place where temperatures range from a low of -40 degrees Fahrenheit to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. The yak is the key to survival on the Tibetan plateau. A visit to a nomad's tent illustrates this point. The tent itself is made from yak hair. Upon entering, the center of the tent is warmed by the fire of yak dung. The tent is illuminated by yak butter candles, and their blankets are made from yak hair. The principle diet includes tsampa and yak butter, dried yak cheese and sometimes yak meat. A poor family may have 20 yaks or fewer; wealthy families up to 500.
Settling nomads
Government policy aims to settle more and more nomads. It says that this is aimed at improving the economic viability of animal husbandry and lessening the effects of natural disasters on the livelihood of Tibetan herdsmen.
This allows the government to manage the nomadic population as it gives them fixed addresses.
Culture shock
For most nomads, the transition to a more urban lifestyle is difficult.
They are often settled in featureless blocks of housing by the side of roads or in newly created urban areas, and face the problem of creating an entirely new and sustainable livelihood.
Approximately 40% of the ethnic Tibetan population is nomadic or semi-nomadic.