This is a shot I took while walking from the campground. The stupas and the Padmasambhava pavillion are there in the distance, and in the foreground is a pond people like to swim in when it gets hot. This is a good shot to show a bit of the natural environment where the gompa is located, the Trinity Alps. Once while I was driving in the area with my friend Timothy I said that I felt like I was in Shangri-La, and he told me that in fact the movie Shangri-La was filmed there. What's not shown here are the more distant mountains to the left of this photo, one of which has snow year-round.