As he stands outside one of the government buildings, behind him across a plain rear the snowy peaks of mountains.
For 1,500 years, the two statues stood in their sandstone niches and stared across the rugged plain toward the snowy peaks of the Baba mountains.
A cobra is beset by mongooses that gnaw at its coils; an out-of-context panther slinks across a snowy plain pursued by torch-bearing villagers; an ape with a hookah and manuscript papers appears as the aide-de-camp to a 19th-century explorer.
Entering the forest, she sees numerous flying crows and ends up on a snowy plain on which there are erected many scarecrows.
The scene of the horsemen of the North surrounding the dregs of Stannis's army across the snowy plain reminded me of just how beautiful and terrifying the show can be.
For the three Sudanese boys about to touch down on North Dakota's snowy plains, cold was still a concept without weight.
We would progress in increments, using our binoculars and cameras to capture pictures of the wildlife and across the snowy plains.
The Community as it huddles on these snowy plains is smaller, but by that fact tighter and more resolute, and we gather each morning to thank God for our joyous discovery of Him.
The Denver airport, alone among the terminals I visit, feels like a real art museum, with the terminal's high ceilings and huge windows bathing paintings in rich natural light that reflects off the snowy plains outside.
