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Category:Travel and Places
Subcategory:Asia
Subcategory Detail:Mongolia
Keywords:gazelles, gazelle, Tibetan antelope, technique, hunting, ancient, khogtse, leg-hold traps, travel, city, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
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Dimensions7360 x 4912
Original file size24.5 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken7-Mar-13 20:23
Date modified30-May-13 11:06
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D800
Focal length70 mm
Focal length (35mm)70 mm
Max lens aperturef/2.8
Exposure1/80 at f/5
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias+2/3 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 6400
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom1x
Ancient leg-hold trap or foot trap (khogtse), National Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Ancient leg-hold trap or foot trap (khogtse), National Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Ancient leg-hold trap or foot trap (khogtse), National Museum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. These traps were buried and anchored (or frozen) into the ground at the end of drive lines made out of rock cairns or lines of rock. The drive lines funneled the animals to the place where traps were buried. The traps are designed to trap ungulates such as gazelles or Tibetan antelope and appear to have been used on the Tibetan plateau and also in Mongolia. Once trapped the hunters could approach and kill the animals.