Tower of Silence - Yazd, Iran - a photo on Flickriver

            Dakhmeh (Tower of Silence) - In the Zoroastrian tradition, once a body ceases to live, it can immediately be contaminated by demons and made impure. To prevent this infiltration, Zoroastrians purified the dead body by exposing it to the elements and local fowl on top of flat-topped towers in the desert called dakhmas (tower of silence)
   

Taken in: Iran / Yazd / Allāhābād (show map)

Taken on: December 6, 2004

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL, f/7.1, 1/160 sec, 35mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Lens:	35.0 mm
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 7.1.1 (iOS)
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