Shifting sand dunes-nitre bushes-Takla Makan Desert. Hotan prefecture-Xinjiang Uyghur region-China-0008

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Sparse niter bushes-tamarisks-shifting sand dunes cover the Taklamakan Desert with chains of these topographic forms-some of them reaching up to 300 ms. Hotan prefecture-Xinjiang Uyghur region-China.

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Taklamakan Desert near Hotan City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Photo credit: © RWEISSWALD / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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