Starry night over Yang Pass ruin, Gansu, China

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Starry night over the Yang Pass ruin in Dunhuang, Gansu, China. The Yang Pass was built by Emperor Wu (156–87 BC) in the Han Dynast as an important defence post to protect Dunhuang from invasion from the West. Photographed on 23 March 2019.

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