Tibetan dancers in traditional costumes celebrate the horse racing festival in Yushu.
Mountains tower over a partially frozen winter lake while two birds wait for their next meal.
A family of yak graze early summer grass as clouds roll past overhead.
Prayer flags flutter at a Buddhist stupa beneath snow-capped mountains.
Colorful lights outline the buildings of Yushu as the last rays of sun fade over the mountains.
Snow-capped mountains tower over green foothills.
A Tibetan family herd their yaks as a young calf adorably hurries to keep up.
A row of prayer wheels stretches in the distance. Buddhist worshipers can spin these wheels full of written prayers and earn merit for praying all the prayers in the container.
A woman prays through her prayer beads next to a large prayer wheel.
A friendly yak stops by to investigate a summer picnic on the grasslands.
Colorful lights illuminate stupas at the Mani Stones site near Yushu.
Passengers walk across the tarmac to board their aircraft at Yushu Batang Airport (elevation 12,700ft).
Nothing celebrates the warm days of summer like a picnic with friends on the grasslands.
A red panda explores its environment at the Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu.
A frozen waterfall cascades beneath prayer flags in the hills above Lhasa.
Homes, shops and offices fill the river valley westward to the horse racing grounds.
Prayer flags stretch across the headwaters of the Yangtze River.
A river winds past nomad houses and pasture on the high Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
Snow-capped peaks stretch unbroken to the horizon.
Jiegu Monastery overlooks the Batang River as sun rises in Yushu.
