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  1. Wat Chedi Luang

    Wat Chedi Luang by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Chiang Mai, Thailand by Michael Yon

    Very near Center of Chiang Mai

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  2. Wat Phra Singh

    Wat Phra Singh by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Chiang Mai, Thailand by Michael Yon

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  3. Aerostat observation balloon

    Aerostat observation balloon by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    These things are tethered all over the place. At the bottom is always a military base, but not all military bases have them.

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  4. Towers Galore

    Towers Galore by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    Often towers such as this are on bases, or in some sort of protected area. This is not always the case.

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  5. Machine gun Position and Outhouses

    Machine gun Position and Outhouses by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    The outhouses are a clue that American or Coalition forces might be there. (The sandbags and Hescos are not Afghan, but we supply.)

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  6. Security wall

    Security wall by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    Amazing how much fighting happens in this wide open terrain. If our goal was to wipe out the enemy without regard to genocide, that could be done in an hour or two. But counterinsurgency has taken more than 10 years and still not succeeded. Today we are negotiating with the Taliban.

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  7. Tower in Arghandab

    Tower in Arghandab by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    The enemy forces many cell towers to shut down at night. Taliban likes cell phones, but we use them for targeting. Of course they know this and want them off at night. iPhones and Blackberries work here.

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  8. Tower

    Tower by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Panjway, Afghanistan: Amphitheater of War by Michael Yon

    Arghandab River valley. One heck of a battleground.

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  9. Grain elevator

    Grain elevator by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Mosul, Iraq, from FOB Marez by Michael Yon

    Deuce Four was here.

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  10. What sort of Watch?

    What sort of Watch? by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Dead Taliban Chora, Urozgan Province, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Doesn't look like this one:

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  11. Mysterious water well

    Mysterious water well by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kak Kohzad, aka Kafir Qala by Michael Yon

    The well is just on the top side of this path.

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  12. The Mysterious water Well

    The Mysterious water Well by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kak Kohzad, aka Kafir Qala, 360 Pano by Michael Yon

    Why did a well way up here?

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  13. Windy conditions

    Windy conditions by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kandy by Michael Yon

    Kept the camera vibrating and there is no image stabilization on the Canon 400mm f5.6, making the image a bit soft.

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  14. Three-wheeler

    Three-wheeler by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kandy by Michael Yon

    In Sri Lanka, these are called three-wheelers. Thailand: Tuk Tuk. India: Autorickshaw

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  15. Port in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Port in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Port, Colombo, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon

    Few people were out due to local New Years celebrations in mid-April, 2011.

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  16. Bats in Kandy, Sri Lanka

    Bats in Kandy, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Birds & the Bats by Michael Yon

    Many trees were filled with bats.

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  17. Cotton

    Cotton by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Cotton Tree, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon

    Cotton tree, Sri Lanka

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  18. Inside St. Lucia's Cathedral

    Inside St. Lucia's Cathedral by Michael Yon from the GigaPan St. Lucia's Cathedral (inside) by Michael Yon

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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  19. St. Lucia's Cathedral, Colombo, Sri Lanka

    St. Lucia's Cathedral, Colombo, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon from the GigaPan St. Lucia's Cathedral, Colombo, Sri Lanka by Michael Yon

    Many Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka.

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  20. Buddhist Temple

    Buddhist Temple by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Colombo by Michael Yon

    Inside Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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  21. Brick factory?

    Brick factory? by Michael Yon from the GigaPan ANA Base by Michael Yon

    Farah Province, Afghanistan

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  22. Aerostat tethered survellience balloon

    Aerostat tethered survellience balloon by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kak Kohzad, aka Kafir Qala, 360 Pano by Michael Yon

    Widely used in Iraq and Afghanistan for base security and watching the nearby community. Works day or night. Cannot see threw women's clothes, but can see far.

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  23. ANP -- Afghan National Policeman

    ANP -- Afghan National Policeman by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Kak Kohzad, aka Kafir Qala, 360 Pano by Michael Yon

    Some police provided security for our trip to Kafir Qala

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  24. Military Base

    Military Base by Michael Yon from the GigaPan From Kafir Qala water well in Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Farah Province, Afghanistan

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  25. Old Hotel

    Old Hotel by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel by Michael Yon

    Citidal of Alexander the Great. Farah Province, Afghanistan.

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  26. Yoga?

    Yoga? by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Never know what you'll see in a Gigapan

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  27. Police Checkpost before Chora

    Police Checkpost before Chora by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Taliban Country, Urozgan Province, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    The shredded police vehicle is difficult to see and is in the middle of the snapshot.

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  28. Graveyard

    Graveyard by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Farah Province, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Farah, Afghanistan

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  29. American and Italian Provincial Reconstruction Base

    American and Italian Provincial Reconstruction Base by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Farah Province, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    They have a runway where C-130s and many other aircraft land. (I don't know what sort of aircraft this is.)

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  30. Alexander the Great Citadel in Farah, Afghanistan

    Alexander the Great Citadel in Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Farah Province, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    A few miles from the Italian and American Provincial Reconstruction Team base.

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  31. Cold Day in Dehrwud

    Cold Day in Dehrwud by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Dehrwud Market by Michael Yon

    Southern Urozgan province. We drove down from Tarin Kot.

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  32. Soccer Ball

    Soccer Ball by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Apparently a boy or young man watching a newly scraped field.

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  33. Old armored vehicles

    Old armored vehicles by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Probably did not belong to Alexander.

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  34. City within a City?

    City within a City? by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Maybe this was Alexander's Forbidden City at this giant citadel.

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  35. White salts

    White salts by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    I am told that crops cannot grow with high concentrations of this stuff, and I see it in many places.

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  36. Shepherd at work

    Shepherd at work by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Probably wishes he had an iPod

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  37. Manmade caves

    Manmade caves by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Some people live and do drugs in these caves. (As per a local, and i did see evidence of drug use.)

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  38. Is that guy dead?

    Is that guy dead? by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Barefooted man on the ground. I guess we'll never know.

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  39. Communications tower

    Communications tower by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    In city of Farah

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  40. Communications tower

    Communications tower by Michael Yon from the GigaPan Alexander the Great Citadel, Farah, Afghanistan by Michael Yon

    Cell phones are common in Afghanistan.

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