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December 4, 2007
During a horseracing festival in Maqu in China's Gansu Province, a Tibetan nomad leads his horse across grass plains covered in prayer notes. Photographer Fritz Hoffmann made this image through a bunch of balloon strings blowing in the wind. The balloons are not just decoration: People send their prayers to heaven by tying prayer flags to balloons and releasing them into the sky.
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann
Photo Date: August 16, 2006
Photographer Fritz Hoffman lived in Shanghai for the past 13 years and traveled throughout China for National Geographic to provide a photographic overview of the country for the May 2008 special issue on China.
Click here to see more of Fritz Hoffmann's images.
Photo Date: August 16, 2006
Photographer Fritz Hoffman lived in Shanghai for the past 13 years and traveled throughout China for National Geographic to provide a photographic overview of the country for the May 2008 special issue on China.
Click here to see more of Fritz Hoffmann's images.
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Dec 4, 2007 9AM #
Love the blurring of the balloon strings in the foreground.
Dec 4, 2007 9AM #
This is one of the best pictures I've seen in a long time. The colors are fantastic!
Dec 4, 2007 9AM #
Wow! What can be more beautiful than this photograph!