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The golden dome,which is mounted right at the top of the prayer pole, |
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is the most sacred object of all. |
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Or it will be,once it's retrieved. |
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The old Shamanic beliefs of Tibet ascribed magical powers to the landscape. |
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But there's a far more tangible source of power here |
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which owes nothing at all to magic. |
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Strewn across the plateau are boiling thermal springs, |
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the evidence of mighty natural forces which have been at work over millions of years. |
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Deep below the surface,the vast continental plates of Asia and India are crashing into each other. |
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The turmoil below erupts in clouds of sulphurous steam. |
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It seems unlikely that scalding mineral springs should support life. |
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But one unlikely creature thrives here precisely because of them. |
