The towering stone columns of the Apandana Palace rising into a clear blue sky. Hand on head

The towering stone columns of the Apandana Palace rising into a clear blue sky. Hand on headThe towering stone columns of the Apandana Palace rising into a clear blue sky. Persepolis, Shiraz, Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran.

A White-backed Vulture silhouette in the fork of a dead tree

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The mud-caked

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