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Mustang Valley, Nepal
2025-10-05
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Mustang Valley—often called the "Forbidden Kingdom"—is a high-altitude, semi-arid desert region in northern Nepal. Positioned in the rain shadow of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain ranges, it offers a surreal landscape of wind-eroded red and ochre cliffs, deep canyons, and ancient medieval history that feels entirely distinct from the rest of the country