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Photo of the Day: Solar Tea Kettles in Tibet

tibet-187-small Photo of the Day: Solar Tea Kettles in Tibet At this remote nunnery high in the Lhasa mountainside, nuns use a fuel-free method of heating their yak butter tea.

The butterfly-fold solar panel uses the region’s consistent, strong sunlight to heat the tea kettle.

It’s even common in the area’s nomadic regions to set up portable solar generators outside the tents.

Photo by Kellie Schmitt

Kellie Schmitt

Schmitt is a Shanghai-based writer who has been published in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist’s Business China, L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, and Backpacker. She also writes Shanghai features for CNNgo, a new travel and lifestyle Web site. Driven by her love of good food, ...
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