5000 ft, Mongolia, In the mountains of Bayanhongor by Mike Fisher

Canon Mark I, Canon 20D, Canon...

At the top of one of the mountains in the 8 Lakes area. Looking north toward the other lakes. Temperature about 35 F during August. Mongolia is a vast land-locked country lying between China and Russia in eastern Asia. The country is some 1300 km from north to south and 2400 km from east to west and comprises 1,556,500 square km. The population is only 2.6 million, making the average population density one of the lowest in the world. The terrain varies from arid (Gobi desert) in the south-east, to lightly forested in the north. The west is very mountainous, but mountains occur throughout much of the country.
The climate is continental and exceedingly harsh. In January the mean temperature is –28° C, in July it is +25° C.