Bagan: Top Photos

Two thousand temples across a dusty plain at sunrise

The Bagan Archaeological Zone lies in the vast expanse of plains in Upper Burma on the bend of the Irrawaddy river. The remains of over 2000 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day. Bagan
At sunset the brick turns deep orange and the shadows between the monuments stretch until the whole plain seems to sink. This is the other reason people stay for the light — it's as good as the dawn, just different. © Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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