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  • A yak pauses to defecate while it grazes in the high altitude pastures of the Tibetan Plateau. Yak are found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population. Wikipedia.
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  • A  yak eats from a bowl outside the tent of Tibetan nomadic herder Karsal. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Fresh yak dung is drying on the rock, to be used as cooking and heating fuel since there are very few trees on the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • Karsal, a nomadic yak herder, with his typical day's worth of food inside the family's yak-wool tent in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food in June was 5,600 kcals. He is 30 years of age; 5 feet, 6 inches tall; and 135 pounds. A pile of yak dung, used for fuel, looms in the background. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Yak dung, an important source of fuel for nomadic herders in the Tibetan Plateau, is spread out to dry in the sun outside Karsal's tent home.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal and his wife Phurba eat inside their handmade yak wool tent home in the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A yak grazes during a hail storm near the  Sichen Holy Lake near Ruthok, Tibet. 4,900 meters altitude, in Maldro Gunkar County. Yaks are found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
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  • Tibetan nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife, Phurba, milks one of the family's dris in the early morning at their home in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The male yaks remain free at night, grazing at higher elevations, and the dris and their calves are tethered close to the tent to make milking in the morning convenient, and to prevent the calves from suckling all the milk.
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  • Tibetan nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife, Phurba, has milked one of the family's dris in the early morning at their tent on the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The male yaks remain free at night, grazing at higher elevations, and the dris and their calves are tethered close to the tent to make milking in the morning convenient.
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  • Tibetan nomadic yak herder Karsal's son wrangles the calves so that Phurba can milk their mothers near their tent on the Tibetan Plateau.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife Phurba washes her hands in a small creek outside yak hair tent home in the Tibetan Plateau after picking fresh yak dung and made patties from it to dry in the sun for use as fuel for cooking on her earthen stove. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A bucket of yak milk outside nomadic yak herder Karsal's home in the Tibetan Plateau.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • The dung-fired hearth in Karsal's kitchen at their home in the Tibetan Plateau.  (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  The nomadic herder's family uses dung collected from the yak and dri pastures for cooking and keeping their house warm.
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  • Nomadic yak herder Karsal's wife Phurba in the kitchen of their home in the Tibetan Plateau. (Karsal is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The exuberant young son of a yak herder suddenly appears roadside in the Phobjikha Valley [some call it the Gangte Valley] basin, Bhutan. The government and international conservation groups protect the valley because of its winter population of endangered black-necked cranes. From coverage of revisit to Material World 1994 book Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • A Tibetan nomad walks outside one of the handmade yak wool tents that serves as a home to nomads during spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The satellite dish and solar panel were provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • Tibetan nomads outside their handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer on the Tibetan Plateau.  The satellite dish was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • A group of Tibetan nomads show off their satellite dish outside the handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A group of Tibetan nomads show off their satellite dish outside the handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The satellite dish was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • A solar panel and satellite dish are seen outside the handmade yak-wool tents Tibetan nomadic herders make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The satellite dish was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • Tibetan nomads inside a handmade yak-wool tent, which serves as their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The television set in the far right was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • Tibetan nomads at home in their handmade yak-wool tents where they make their home in spring and summer in the Tibetan Plateau. The television set in the far right was provided by China's central government; along with a solar battery charger, a truck battery, and a TV so the nomads can watch Chinese broadcasts and learn the Chinese language; an attempt, some say, to assimilate indigenous Tibetans.
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  • At a dinner party at the Reykjavik, Iceland, home of Thordis (with plate at right), Keith Bellows yaks it up with guests. On left is Keith's wife Melina, standing is Annie Griffiths-Belt, and seated center is Linnea Cahill, Tim Cahill's wife..
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Peter Menzel Photography

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