One Thousand Words: Photos by Geoff Sowrey

Golden Temple at Gandantegchinlen Monastery

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Golden Temple at Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Golden Temple at Gandantegchinlen Monastery

In popular culture, you expect every Buddhist monastery to be elaborate wood with big open spaces. Then you visit a few, especially in places where extreme cold is a factor, and you see how the buildings have to adapt to reality.

This image was scanned from film.

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EXIF Data

Capture Date20 May 2005
Camera ModelMinolta X-370
LensSoligor 28-80mm 1:3.5 Macro
ISO400

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Taken in Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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