The image depicts an elevated outdoor scene from a traditional stone-paved courtyard at the Potala Palace in Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet, China

The image depicts an elevated outdoor scene from a traditional stone-paved courtyard at the Potala Palace in Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet, China. Bright sunlight, generating a prominent lens flare, illuminates the scene under a clear blue sky, casting distinct shadows across the ground. In the mid-ground, a bald male individual, identified as a Buddhist monk, walks from left to right. He is dressed in a sleeveless dark red monastic robe, wears black shoes, a beaded necklace, and has a dark pouch with keys attached to his left waist. He carries a clear plastic water bottle in his left hand. Two additional figures are partially visible in the lower right background, near a dark wooden staircase railing with vertical spindles. The courtyard features a low, whitewashed stone wall with a reddish-brown coping. A section of this wall encloses a pile of construction debris, including wooden planks and rubble. Potted plants, one in a red bucket, are visible on sections of the wall to the left of the debris. Two tall, dark wooden poles stand vertically: the left pole is topped with a golden ornament, while the right pole is adorned with multicolored fabric, indicative of prayer flags with visible white, orange, and green patterns. Fragments of white fabric are visible at the top edge of the frame, suggesting hanging prayer flags or banners. Traditional buildings with dark roofs and golden embellishments are visible behind the walls in the mid-ground. The background reveals a sprawling city in the valley below, partially shrouded in atmospheric haze, set against a backdrop of a vast mountain range with several snow-capped peaks on the horizon.