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Heading West Along the Silk Road
... ;), or 'City of Sands', and is best known for the nearby Mogao Caves. It is situated in a rich oasis containing Crescent Lake (月牙泉) and Mingsha Shan (鸣沙山, literally "Echoing-Sand Mountain"). It commands a very ...
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Verdant Trees, Light Khaki Sands & Cerulean Sky
... shaped stagnate pool is surrounded on two sides by high dunes. From high on the distance ridge of sand, the infamous Crescent Lake looked like a small pond on golf course. It was small in comparison to the humongous 50 meter high dunes surrounding ...
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I am Lawrence of Arabia!
... . We also got as far as a real life, authentic desert oasis - the Crescent Moon Lake. A quirk of geology and weather, this crescent lake is mentioned on the silk road maps from almost one thousand years ago. After hauling my self over the dunes, i did ...
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Lovely Dunhuang - An Oasis in the Gobi Desert
... edge of the Gobi Desert with a gorgeous backdrop of the Mingsha Shan (Echoing Sand Mountains) and the beautiful Crescent Lake. Historically, Dunhuang commanded a highly strategic position at the cross roads of the ancient Southern Silk Route and the ...
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