Chang Tang << Back to Feature Page Browse through images from our online-exclusive photo gallery. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> There's Gotta Be a Cow Here Somewhere Photograph by Galen Rowell At first glance it looked like a herd of cattle had preceded us on the Chang Tang, but those mounds are actually dwarf shrubs. When we cut one open, it had 50 rings, which means that in half a century it had grown no bigger than a cow pie.

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