This image displays a roadside view in Vieng Phouka, Laos

This image displays a roadside view in Vieng Phouka, Laos. The lower third of the frame shows a grey asphalt road surface. Immediately adjacent to the road, a narrow strip of dried leaves and scattered litter, including small white and blue debris, precedes a band of light green, finely textured grass. Above this, a dense, elevated embankment or wall is completely covered in a variety of green tropical foliage, featuring numerous vines and leafy plants. Several tall tree trunks, some with large, broad leaves indicative of banana trees, extend upwards into the frame. Long, cascading vines hang down from these trees and obscured structures behind them. A portion of a dark, indistinct roofline is visible through the dense vegetation on the upper right side. The sky, appearing bright and indistinct, is visible through gaps in the upper tree canopy. No people or animals are present.