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Image Credits
First-party photographs by Kylych, plus the openly licensed sources credited below.
Photographs across this site come from two places: Kylych's own collection, and openly licensed photographs from Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons, credited here exactly as their licenses require.
| Photograph | Photographer | License |
|---|---|---|
| Wide view of a high plateau and distant snow mountains with a small herd near the horizon. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Large blue lake with a distant snow-covered mountain range under clouds. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Sunlight breaking through storm clouds over a green valley, riverbed, road, and small settlement. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Green mountain valley with a solitary tree, rocks, and winding tracks. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| The eroded sandstone pinnacles of Skazka (Fairytale) Canyon in warm evening light. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Yurt camp in a forested mountain valley, with vehicles, containers, and a Kyrgyz flag. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Forested alpine valley with a river, meadow buildings, and steep snow-streaked mountains. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Distant herd on an alpine plain beneath sunlit snow peaks. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| River or lake edge across an open alpine valley under a wide blue sky. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Turquoise alpine lake in a steep rocky cirque. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Two riders on horseback in a high mountain meadow. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Horses grazing across a sunlit green hillside. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Kylych giving a thumbs-up inside the expedition camp dining canopy. | Kylych | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Ski tourers climbing a snow-covered Kyrgyz mountain valley under a clear blue sky. | Seval Torun | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| Four horses walking along the open shore of Song-Kol lake with distant mountains behind. | Daniele Nabissi | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| The stone Tash Rabat caravanserai set in a green high-mountain valley. | Raki_Man | CC BY 3.0 (opens in new tab) |
| The turquoise water of Sary-Chelek lake ringed by steep forested mountains under storm clouds. | Kondephy | CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in new tab) |
| The snow-covered mass of Lenin Peak rising above the Alay range. | Nihongarden | CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in new tab) |
| The green Jyrgalan valley with a winding river and a small village below snow-capped peaks. | Owner-supplied | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Three Kyrgyz eagle hunters on horseback with golden eagles and taigan hounds before snow-capped mountains. | Owner-supplied | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Two Kyrgyz riders grapple for the goat carcass in a kok-boru match, spectators and yurts behind. | Owner-supplied | Original photograph — © Tianshan Tours |
| Two riders on horseback crossing an open green hillside under a clear blue sky. | Victoria Nazaruk | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| A minibus travels a paved road below dry, ridged mountains under a partly cloudy sky. | Isakov Eldiiar | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| A broad glacial valley with a river winding between green slopes and snow-dusted peaks. | Anatolii Shcherbyna | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| A trekker resting on a mountain trail with a loaded backpack and rolled sleeping mat, a broad scree-and-grass ridge rising behind. | Frantisek Duris | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| A wooden guesthouse cabin on stilts above a mountain stream, with yurts in the valley below. | Kim Cordenete | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| Three riders and a dog crossing a shallow braided river below jagged snow-dusted peaks. | Spenser Sembrat | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |
| The brick minaret of Burana Tower rising from the grassy plain of ancient Balasagun, with the snow-dusted Tien Shan range beyond. | Seval Torun | Unsplash (opens in new tab) |