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Limestone Karsts in Ha Long Bay

A view from a wooden boat looking out over the calm, misty waters of Ha Long Bay, featuring three large limestone karsts at varying distances shrouded in fog.

Ha Long Bay's limestone karsts in fog, from a sampan level with the water, the nearest black and wet with vegetation, the next grey, the third a ghost, flat pearl light from above, the water oily and still, 85mm telephoto See more

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