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Île karstique à l'aube

A limestone karst island rises from the calm, reflective waters of the Andaman Sea at dawn, with vegetation clinging to its top and the base eroded by the tide.

A Thai karst island at dawn from the water, the undercut limestone tower rising sheer with its notched waterline black in shadow, strangler figs on the top catching the first light, the Andaman Sea like silk, 50mm, at water level Voir plus

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