Ha Long Bay (Bay of Descending Dragons) is located
along the coast of North Vietnam, not far from Hanoi. The bay, which adjoins the Gulf of Tonkin, is
filled with thousands of limestone islets that emerge from the sea like gatherings
of overturned stumps. Some of the
formations in the sea are mostly hollow.
While on a junk boat tour of the bay in 2009, I had
an opportunity to explore a cave within one of these islets. I captured the stark photograph I have
posted today from inside the caverns.
Looking up, I saw people crossing a walkway through an opening in the wall
of the cave. I waited until a couple
crossed through the light before taking the photograph. Though a color photograph, the clear lines of
darkness and light give the appearance of a black and white photogram.
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