Nomad pilgrims prostrate before a railway bridge en route to Lhasa from Nagchu in northern Tibet. Tibetan train

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Nomad pilgrims en route to Lhasa from Nagchu in northern Tibet The Tibet railway passes by in the background .They proceed by prostrating themselves one body length at a time Total time for the journey is 12 days The sign on the bridge reads "China Railway Second Department pioneers a new route"

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Size: 5249px × 3420px
Location: Tibet
Photo credit: © Colin Galloway / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bridge, lhasa, nomad, nomads, pigrims, pilgrim, pilgrims, prostrate, prostrating, prostration, railway, tibet, tibetan, train, trains, viaduct