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On the top deck of a tour boat I was surprised to see a flock of birds approaching. As I shot several pictures, I realized that they were a local variety of egrets.
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Mountains along the Three Gorges shoreline seemed to be marching into the distant mist, as compressed by a telephoto view.
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Tour boats crowd the Li River, and no wonder, considering the natural beauty of the area.
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Floating mysteriously, vaporous clouds shroud the mountainous shores of the Yangtze River.
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Clouds hover above a rocky shoreline as a boat stands by on the Yangtze River's Three Gorges area.
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"It's a bird," no, actually there's a string attached, literally. It's a lifelike handmade kite, flying above a tour boat on the Yangtze River.
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Dragon's-teeth mountains are reflected in a bend in the Li River.
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Li River residents still use old ways to get along, poling in the shallows while water buffalo, still used in farming, graze on the shore.
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Magnificent mountains dominate the view as the sky is aglow behind them on the Yangtze River.
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Wallowing in the Li River, water buffalo share space with ducks.
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In the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River, "sheer beauty" takes on new meaning because the rocks are both sheer and beautiful.
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When I saw a bicycle rider at the edge of the Li River I wondered how he got there through such rough surrounding terrain. And where he was going.
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Clouds, mist and even sunshine mark the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River.
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Umbrellas decorate the shoreline on the Li River. The people weren't just enjoying a day at the beach; they were vendors of some kind -- although I never confirmed that.
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