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Mu Cang Chai rice terraces

Photograph of H'mong ethnic minority people walking on the rice terraces of Mu Cang Chai at sunrise. Between mid-September and mid- October is the time that all mountain slopes of terraced rice fields change their colours from green to golden (harvest time) in their fullest beauty, this is also the best time to capture the breathtaking stepped rice fields of the Northwest region of Vietnam.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: Vietnam
Copyright: © Thien Nguyen Ngoc