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Sunset over the Hingol river valley. Situated few miles from this crossing is the ancient Hindu temple-cave of Hinglaj, an important pilgrimage site for the Hindus .

The area lies within the Hingol National Park located in south west Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Upon the shaded river bank
Where willows weep on water's edge,
And drape the sympathetic shore
That to my heart shall yield,
Some comfort as I sit and rest
And gaze across the surface calm
A mirror of the August sky
And pray my wounds be healed.
-Andrew Blakemore

River Ouse near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England

Repetitive geometrical patterns - a common feature of Islamic Architecture.

The image shows the columns and the underside of few of the 100 domes of the Shah Jahan Mosque located in Thatta, Pakistan. Built by the Great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan during the period 1644-1647, it costed the royal exchequer 900,000 Shah Jehani rupees. The mosque can accommodate 20,000 worshippers, and is built in a manner that a person speaking inside one end of the dome can be heard at the other end, without the aid of any sound amplifying devices.

The valley in summer, contrast this with the view in autumn: www.flickr.com/photos/bijapuri/1742342308/