Tibetan children in chuba "Tibetan national garb"

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Because of Tibet's cold weather, the men and women wear thick long dresses (chuba's). The men wear a shorter version with pants underneath. The style of the clothing varies between regions. Nomads often wear thick sheepskin chuba's.

The Tibet Paleolithic Project is studying the Stone Age colonization of the plateau, hoping to gain insight into human adaptability in general and the cultural strategies the Tibetans developed as they learned to survive in this harsh environment.

The ability of Tibetans to function normally in the oxygen-deficient atmosphere at high altitudes - frequently above 4,400 metres (14,000 ft), has often puzzled observers. Recent research shows that, although Tibetans living at high altitudes have no more oxygen in their blood than other people, they have 10 times more nitric oxide (NO) and double the forearm blood flow of low-altitude dwellers. Nitric oxide causes dilation of blood vessels allowing blood to flow more freely to the extremities and aids the release of oxygen to tissues. What is not yet known is whether the high levels of nitric oxide are due to a genetic mutation or whether people from lower altitudes would gradually adapt similarly after living for prolonged periods at high altitudes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_people

Taken in: 中國 / 青海省 / 果洛藏族自治州 (show map)

Taken on: September 26, 2009

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Tibet བོད

བོད་ལྗོངས།

Tibetan Plateau བོད་མཐོ་སྒང་ bö togang

Amdo ཨ༌མདོ

Machen རྨ་ཆེན། county

Golog Prefecture མགོ་ལོག་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Chamalung ཆ་མ་ མ་ ལུང་

Nomad/s འབྲོག་པ།

Tibetan children བོད་ཕྲུག bötruk

chu ba ཆུ་བ་

Tibetan national garb . phyu ba ཕྱུ་བ་

clothes.dug slog དུག་སློག་

Tibetan ethnicity བོད་རིགས།

Tibetan བོད་པ།

buddhism སངས་རྒྱས་ཆོས་ལུགས།

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Camera: Nikon D3, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec, 300mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Capture NX 2.0.0 W
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