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Li River Raft, Guilin, China, 1981

A fisher poles his raft down the Li River, against the backdrop of limestone hills. These hills, inspiration for much poetry and art, formed from the erosion of an ancient uplifted seabed.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic book Journey Into China, 1982)

Photograph by James P. Blair