The world's most sublime places. No 6: Mongolia

A letter from the greatest of the plains

“The landscape stretching out before us seemed elemental, pared back to a handful of colours, textures and shapes. As the morning wore on, only a gauzy mist covered the naked planet. The soft green hills and dark rocky outcrops were like tiny islands in a limitless ocean of grass, scrub and sand”.

The Great Mongolian Open Air Theatre, Discovery magazine

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