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Looking down over gloved hands at a pot of noodles on a snowy mountain slope.
Two blue tents sit among bands of flowers, with skis beside frozen puddles.
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From a first-person view, looking down into a dented pot of noodles on a camp stove, my gloved hands and the pot sit along the lower edge while the hillside fills the central view. Across the slope, orderly bands of late-season alpine wildflowers form stripes of muted yellow, rusty red and dark green, with two navy tents tucked into the snow-free gaps. Thin first snow dusts the higher ground; upright touring skis stand beside scuffed gear on trampled earth. Frozen puddles catch the low early-winter sun, which casts uneven, natural shadows under a pale sky.
Looks like a real photo, realistic detail, nothing overlaid on it. No readable writing anywhere: plain unlabelled gear, no slogans, no number plates.
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