Straw checkerboard sand control barriers. Taklamakan desert-Xinjiang Uyghur region-China-0357

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Reed checkerboard control barriers protect the Tarim Desert Highway crossing the Taklamakan Desert for nearly 550 the shifting sand dunes. Hotan prefecture-Xinjiang Uyghur region-China.

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Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Taklamakan Desert, Keriya Yutien County, Keriya river, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region, China
Photo credit: © RWEISSWALD / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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