Circle of Blue: Reign of Sand

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Eric Daigh
Chen Jiqun

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Eric Daigh

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Terrell Robbins

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Eileen E Ganter
Keith Schneider

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Eileen E Ganter

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looking out on my homeland

Traditional nomadic culture on the steppes of Inner Mongolia was defined by the insistence of wind, herding, and the search for water. A ballad, performed by Maidar, celebrates what's left: Air that is rarely still and great expanses of tall grass unfurling like a great waving sea beneath surpassingly huge skies.
By eric daigh
Circle of Blue

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Grass to Dust: Interactive Map