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MAG · 9 August 2026

A Door Left Ajar into the Valley

Looking down a valley: a sheer pale rock face on the left, granite slopes on the right, the valley floor in conifer forest, blue sky with sunbeams above
Looking down a valley: a sheer pale rock face on the left, granite slopes on the right, the valley floor in conifer forest, blue sky with sunbeams above

Photograph: MAG · Description: AI

The valley opens away between two walls: on the left sheer and pale, on the right lower granite slopes. Between them a flat floor, overgrown with conifers all the way to the horizon.

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