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Ice stupas, Ladakh desert, India. Grassroots lo-tech solution to store water in frozen form, combating rising temperatures due to climate change. 

Photographs by Ciril Jazbec. Story from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/27/ice-stupas-of-the-ladakh-desert-an-ingenious-solution-to-water-scarcity-a-picture-essay

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Looks beautiful. The idea is genius, ice melts much slower in a mass. I’ve got ice “cubes” from water freezing in a bucket that will last for weeks even in temperatures above freezing.

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Wonderful share. I had the luck to visit this place many years ago. A good time before these appeared, alas.

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Happy you liked it. Both an inspiring story of low tech ingenuity, and an amazing structure. 💫