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Takla Makan Desert Mountains rising behind sand dunes of the Takla Makan Desert, Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, western China. Tien Shan mountain range Expanse of sand dunes, Takla Makan Desert, Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, western China. Satellite image of a large dust storm in the Takla Makan Desert, northwestern China. goat herding Tarim River
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Takla Makan Desert
Mountains rising behind sand dunes of the Takla Makan Desert, Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, western China.
Tien Shan mountain range
Expanse of sand dunes, Takla Makan Desert, Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, western China.
Satellite image of a large dust storm in the Takla Makan Desert, northwestern China.
goat herding
Tarim River
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Camel caravan moving across the Sahara desert sand dunes, Morocco, North Africa
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