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This view of tortora reeds clogging the shoreline is a contrast of water, vegetation and sky.

The reeds are used for multiple purposes. Houses, boats, fuel, food, and even the "ground" under the feet of the Uros people who build their homes on floating islands built of layers of reeds.

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