23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
To Flutter, To Float

Reality itself is transient. This movement - along the journeys of its subjects - takes and shifts through different states. With the same wind, while the clouds float, the flowers flutter. Lying down, looking at the world go by: the clouds float as the flowers flutter and tower above you brings a universal calm to the observer. This photo brings about the sense of peace one realizes while observing both the passing world and the sense of transient nature in everything.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Annapurna Base Camp Trek, Nepal
Camera: NIKON Z 6
Copyright: © Prabal Dangol