11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The two humped Bactrian camel is capable of enduring the extreme dry and cold conditions of the high altitude deserts in Central Asia. Used as a pack animal in the fabled caravans of the Silk Route, a

The two humped Bactrian camel is capable of enduring the extreme dry and cold conditions of the high altitude deserts in Central Asia. Used as a pack animal in the fabled caravans of the Silk Route, a remnant population has stayed on in Nubra Valley.

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Date Taken: 09.2012
Date Uploaded: 11.2013
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Copyright: © Amartya Mukherjee