Mingun Pagoda on Ayeyarwady River

A small wooden boat crosses the misty Ayeyarwady River at sunrise, with the massive, cracked brick structure of the unfinished Mingun Pagoda rising above the riverbank in the background.

A photo of a wooden boat on the misty Ayeyarwady River at Mingun, the colossal cracked brick pagoda rising on the riverbank at golden sunrise See more

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