The Flaming Mountains near the Taklamakan desert in China are named after it’s red-hot looks. A set of wooden steps on one side of the range allows us to make the 600-meter climb up to a plateau. Looking back we see this amazing vista.
Can you make out the bus? (Click on the picture to enlarge).
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I DO see the bus. Oh my, how small. This feels otherworldly. My first guess, had I not read your post, would be Mars. This stems from it being called the red planet and I believe its arid. Talk about feel small as dirt in such a place. 🙂
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Otherworldly describes it exactly! We were just gobsmacked.
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And the quiet must have made the experience feel even more eerie. Woo. What an adventure! 😉
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Breathtaking.
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Reblogged this on Shah Bano Blog and commented:
Instead of saying landscape make it more intriguing to the viewers.
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Wow. Desert riparian zones are absolutely astonishing on so many levels. Dry and wet and dramatic and vast. Great framing and the bus is just the thing to put the size in perspective.
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Felt fortunate to be there to experience it, thanks!
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Not a place I’d like to be stranded!
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Definitely not 😉
We carried lots of water up, it was a very hot day.
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Beautifully captured!
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Thanks ❤
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Ni hao – that is a stunning picture of the Flaming Mountains. Many years ago I spent my first ever Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) in China in Turpan, – and I too was blown away by the beauty of the area.
Thank you for following my blog, I am really chuffed. I am going to take my time reading through your own blog posts. BTW I love the name you’ve chosen. As a kid growing up in central Africa our driveway was lined with Frangipani trees, such beautiful waxy blooms and such heavenly scent..it always takes me back! Zai jian!
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Xie xie! I enjoy what you write about and will be back to read more on your blog!
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