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Amorielli Vol. 0 · No. 10 · October 2024 Portfolio p. 25

Portfolio · Vol. 0 · No. 10 · October 2024

Bhutan in pictures

7 photographs from the cover story, Bhutan, printed large. Photographs by Bernard Gagnon, Asif N Khan, Chuck Moravec, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

The Tiger's Nest monastery clinging to a cliff face high above the forested Paro valley. — Paro Taktsang, the Tiger's Nest monastery, above the Paro valley.

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The whitewashed walls and central tower of Punakha Dzong at the meeting of two rivers. — Punakha Dzong, at the confluence of the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers.

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A black-necked crane. — A black-necked crane — the species that winters in the Phobjikha valley.

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A Druk Air plane is parked on an airport tarmac with passengers boarding via mobile stairs, next to a traditional-style terminal building and mountains. — Readers are looking at a Druk Air plane and passengers on the tarmac at Paro International Airport, with the terminal building and mountains in the background.

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A small white temple with a red roof and ornate windows stands by a stream with a waterfall, next to a dirt path in a dense forest. — Readers are looking at a small temple on the Paro Taktsang trail in Bhutan, situated beside a stream and a forest path.

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A large, multi-story traditional Bhutanese building with a golden roof ornament, intricate wooden windows, and painted murals, set in a paved courtyard. — Readers are looking at Tashichho Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, a traditional building with a golden roof ornament and intricate wooden details.

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A multi-tiered building with white walls, red roofs, and golden upper sections stands before green mountains. A bus, people, flowering plants, and a Bhutanese flag are in the foreground. — Readers are looking at a building of the Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, a multi-tiered structure with white walls, red roofs, and golden details, surrounded by mountains and vegetation.

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