Photo of the Day
horses grazing on the steppe of Mongolia
Horses, Mongolian Steppe
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
An ocean of green, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, with just under three million people in a landmass larger than Alaska. Mongolian culture—physical, mobile, self-reliant, and free—developed out here on the steppe. "When people move to Ulaanbaatar, they bring that mentality with them," says Baabar, a well-known publisher and historian.
See more pictures from the October 2011 feature story "The Urban Clan of Genghis Khan."
