Dragon temple; Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

The top of Wat Samphran temple in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, against a blue cloudy sky. A giant dragon with an interior spiraling flight of stairs is winding up on the outside of the 16 (visible) floors of the round temple building, a metaphor for ascending step by step through study of the dharma and the 16 levels of heaven to nirvana.