President of the China Exploration and Research Society, former photojournalist and expedition leader with the National Geographic Society Photo Page One Wind Horse. Tibetans are Buddhist, but also practice many forms of nature worship. In Marqu county of Southern Gansu, men gather once a year to make offerings of paper "Longda" (wind horse) to deities inhabiting neighborhood sacred mountains. Auspicious Child. Enthronement of the Seventeenth Karmapa on September 27, 1992, at Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet. Eight-year-old Ugyen Drodu Trinley Dorje became the highest incarnated Lama of the Kargyupa (White Sect) from which originated the reincarnation system of Tibet. Netting a Good Harvest. Taken while leading a 1985 National Geographic Society Expedition. Fishermen work over their nets for an early catch, silhouetted against Lake Honghu in Hubei Province. Draining into the Yangtze, Honghu helps regulate water of the Yangtze during flooding season.