The water reflected the snowy-white outline of the Annapurna mountains in the distance.

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The water reflected the gray-blue of the darkening sky, and the lights of the water-pumping stations had come on, making them look like a line of floating gazebos.

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It was all reflected in the smooth surface of the water, coloured a coffee-black by tannins released from decaying plant life below.

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