Mounted nomad holds uurga and herds horses in summer, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Gers on a summer evening, distant mountains, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan Province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Mounted nomad herds cows in summer, holding uurga, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Nomads on motorcycle pass in a blur, river and distant gers, dawn, Nomad camp, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Rocky mountains behind ger, Nomad camp in summer, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Sunrise over gers in summer, Nomad camp, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Calves in pen, with ger and distant hills, summer dawn, Nomad camp, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

View over Mongol Els sand dunes on a summer morning, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan province, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Seated lady wearing traditional clothing (deel) milks cow, Summer dawn, Nomad camp, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Portrait of nomad in deel with his horse, Nomad gers, Khogno Khan Uul Nature Reserve, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Seated lady wearing traditional clothing (deel) milks cow, Summer dawn, Nomad camp, Gurvanbulag, Bulgan, Northern Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

These reindeer peoples' entire existence is based around their herds of reindeer, which provide milk, skins for clothes, horn for carving and medicine, transport and occasionally, meat. the tsaatan are part of the tuvan ethnic group, which inhabits the tuvan republic of russia. there are only about 200 tsaatan in total, spread over 100,000 sq km of northern mongolia. they are nomadic, often moving their small encampments every three to four weeks, searching for special types of grass and moss loved by the reindeer. the tsaatan are strong practitioners of shamanism. west taiga, northern mongolia

A Chinese road sweeper sweeping the hard shoulder of the highway with a hand brush in Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

A Chinese man in Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Electricity pylons march across Inner Mongolia in Northern China, Asia

A peasant famer with an overloaded donkey cart in Inner Mongolia, northern China, Asia

Electricity pylons march across Inner Mongolia in Northern China, Asia

Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Tree in northern China in the middle of the worst drought in 50 years, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Electricity pylons march across Inner Mongolia in Northern China, Asia

Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Sand dunes have been planted to try and stabilise them and prevent their spread, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Chinese trying to combat desertification by planting millions of trees, but sadly many die as the ground is now just too dry to support them, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Food storage depots in Inner Mongolia, northern China, Asia

Sand dunes have been planted to try and stabilise them and prevent their spread, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

School children in Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Dried sunflower heads in Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

School children in Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, Northern China, Asia

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Headshot of local elderly woman in white hat.

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Headshot of young local girl in purple sweater.

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Small young local girl wearing red vest.

Mongolia, Retired train museum, Trans-Siberian Railroad, Detail of old steam train.

Mongolia, Retired train museum, Trans-Siberian Railroad, Detail of old steam train.

Guides and travelers ride horses into the East Taiga forests of northern Mongolia to visit the remote, nomadic reindeer herders that live near the Siberian borders of the country, Mongolia