17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Herders in the forest

Hiking deep in the forest of the altay mountains, I met some kazakh herdsmen who were burning cow dung to drive mosquitoes away from their cows so that their milk would be pure. So they have been living here in isolation and self-sufficiency.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2018
Date Uploaded: 05.2019
Photo Location: Altay, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China., China
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Hu Qing