Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lama Buddhist temple in Wenquan town, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Gompas at Lama Buddhist temple in Wenquan town, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Dong Lei / Prayer flags, Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan Province, China. November 2009

Dong Lei / Lung ta prayer flags attached to small cairn,Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. October 2009

Dong Lei / Prayer flags attatched to cairn, Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. October 2009

Dong Lei / Lung ta prayer flags, Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. October 2009

Dong Lei / Lung ta prayer flags, Mount Kawakarpo, Meili Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. October 2009

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist prayer flags, Ganden Sumtseling Monastery .Shangri-La (Zhongdian) Yunnan, China.

Dong Lei / Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) and Darchor style prayer flags, Basongcuo National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Meconopsis flower (Meconopsis sp), on slope with prayer flags in the valley below. Segrila Pass, Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Meconopsis poppy (Meconopsis sp) with prayer flags behind, Segrila Pass, Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Black iris (Iris chrysographes) in front of prayer flag, Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.