Pearl Tourist Village floating in Ha Long Bay. Oysters are cultivated and harvested and their pearls removed to create jewelry.

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Pearl Tourist Village floating in Ha Long Bay. Oysters are cultivated and harvested and their pearls removed to create jewelry. Here, workers collect and clean oysters. Ha Long Bay in north Vietnam is home to the largest collection of karst limestone islets in the world. The name Ha Long translates as "descending dragon," referring to an ancient legend explaining how the bay came to be formed.

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Size: 5184px × 3455px
Location: HA LONG BAY, VIETNAM
Photo credit: © Yvette Cardozo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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