ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Sky Burial in West Sichuan, China

This picture is about the vultures involved in the sky burial, a funeral ritual where human corps are placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals.
These animals (Eurasian Griffon) are huge in size, their wingspan can reach 3 meters and their weight varies from 7 to 15kg.

To take this picture I had to climb up on a mountain (more than 4100mt above sea level) and I could feel fatigue at every step due to the elevation. Few minutes after this picture was taken hundreds of vultures stated to take off and filled the sky ready to take part to a funeral at the bottom of the mountain.

AUTHOR
My name is Marco Grassi, I'm a photographer specialized in landscape and travel subjects. I'm born and raised In the northwest of Italy and since I was a kid I always had an addiction for travel and nature. After spending an entire year backpacking through New Zealand breathtaking landscapes, I got much closer to nature and I started feeling I needed to capture those beautiful sceneries.

Once left New Zealand, I bought my first camera and I realized that it could be my vehicle to travel and experience the world. From that moment on,I've been saving and planning for the next adventure till I finally left home in September 2015.

Now I'm currently traveling around the world seeking for great light and unique moments

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