Ceiling detail of an unrestored area -- the get-ready-for-the-Olympics restoration work (the results of which are visible in many of the other photos) had not yet been started here.
Great Wall -- admittedly a dramatic interpretation of the shot, but then it's a dramatic place in a stark sort of way. It was a gray and hazy day, with most of the haze being from sand blowing in from the Gobi Desert.
