Exploring the Obscure
Pascal Mannaerts
Karakul village
Canon 5D Mark III 105mm F/9 1/500 ISO100
Pamir (Tajikistan-GBAprovince)
Known in Persian as the ‘Bam-i-Dunya’ (Roof of the
World), the Pamir mountains in Eastern Tajikistan (GBAO
province) form one of the most unexplored and isolated
regions on Earth and are one of the highest mountain
ranges in the world. High, cold and remote, the area was
totally closed to foreigners during Soviet rule, until the
early 1990’s. This amazing region and its legendary “M41”
Pamir highway are now opening up to adventurers from all
over the world.
Village of Bulunkul
Canon 5D Mark III 105mm F/8 1/500 ISO800
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Langar, a village in the Wakhan valley
Canon 5D Mark III 24mm F/9 1/160 ISO400
Group of musicians in a Khorog park
Canon 5D Mark III 24mm F/7.1 1/125 ISO800