China photos: xinjiang

[last updated 27-Nov-2015] Below is a collection of photos taken in China. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler

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Lake on route from Karakoram Highway to Datong

Pamir Mountains in Xinjiang

Fruit seller in Kusrap

Steep walled canyon on the raod to Datong

Cliffs on the road to Datong

Steep canyon walls on the road to Datong

Muddy glacial river and mountains in remote western Xinjiang

Blue glacial river in Datong

Dry mountainous landscape of the Kunlun mountains

River winding through the Kunlun mountain range

Turquoise pools along a river in the Kunlun mountains

Girl working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway

Wet grassland in a high mountain valley along the Karakoram highway

Pass in the Pamir mountains

Pamir plateau mountains

Receding glacier in China

Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol

Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Tajik elder

Muztag Ata reflected in a turquoise lake

Imposing mountains of the Pamir Plateau

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Muztag ata as seen from Taskkurgan fort

Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow

Tajik woman sitting on a bench in front of a shuttered window in Tashkurgan

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Tajik mother and son

Village and mountains on road to Datong

Snow-capped peaks and glaciers in western China

Abandoned government-built town in the desert of western China

Tashkurgan fort in western China

Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China

Wall at Tashkurgan fort

Tashkorgan stone city

Three kids in Tashkorgan

Turquoise lake on road to Datong

Lake in Xinjiang

Hills in the Kunlun mountain range

Rays of sun passing through dusty air in western China

Snow-capped mountains near Bodge Feng peak in western China

Brick home along the Karakoram highway

Fisheye view of mountains in Xinjiang near the Karakoram highway

Glaciers near Muztaga peak

Mountains near Muzagata Peak

Uighur woman in front of her yurt

Traditional animal-skin yurt

Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake

Yaks being drive across a plain in western China

Karakoram Highway towards Tashkurgan

Coal truck in western China

Camels in western China

Yellow jackets on grapes in fruitstand in Kusrap

Men on roadside in a Chinese desert

Amanni Shahan's tomb in Yarkand.

Mountains on road to Datong

Tajik village

Mud huts in western China

Tajik village in a valley on the way to Datong

High cliff on the road to Datong

The treacherous road to Datong

Tajik village along the road to Datong

River valley on the road to Datong

Giant fallen boulder on the road to Datong

Tajik village along the road to Datong

River along the road to Datong

Corn field and a village

River along the road to Datong

Mud wall and houses in a Tajik village

Cultivated fields

Tomb high on a rocky cliff

Adobe house

Ladder, adobe house, and corn field near a river

Green corn fields near a river

Yellow door to a adobe Tajik house

Adobe home

Tajik homes

Tajik settlement

Xinjiang valley

Corn field in Xinjiang

Solar array in remote western China

Solar panels used in remote western Xinjiang

Glacial river in Xiniang

Door to a mosque in remote western China

Mosque near Kusrap

Corn field in dry western China

Corn field in western China

Corn field in Xinjiang

Corn field next to a river

High cliffs in Xinjiang

Corn field next to a river

High cliffs in Xinjiang

School kids

Tajik woman doing laundry

Dangerous overhang in China

High cliffs

Dirt road in Xinjiang

Xinjiang village

Man crossing a road with a donkey

Road in Xinjiang

Sloping mountains

Village below a mountain in Xiniang

Bridge in western China

Muddy glacial river and mountains in remote western Xinjiang

Western Xinjiang road

Forested settlement in western Xinjiang

Bridge on the road to Datong

Adobe home

Valley in western Xinjang

Approaching Datong

Datong village, surrounded by mountains, partially powered by solar

Datong village, surrounded by high mountain peaks, partially powered by solar

Agricultural fields of Datong

Agricultural field in Datong village

Central street in Datong

White ducks

Ducks

Boys walking while holding hands in Datong

Activity on Datong's road

Glacial river in Datong

Women walking in from fieldwork in Datong

Rushing stream in the Kunlun mountains

Rushing stream in Datong

Rushing glacial stream in western Xinjiang

Bridge over a stream in Datong

Mud wall and adobe houses in Datong

Road away from Datong

Sheer cliff in the Kunlun mountains

Sheep invasion in Xinjiang

Dry valley in the Kunlun mountains

Tajik adobe hut with bridge and mountains behind

4-wheel drive in western China

Road from Datong to Kusrap

Melting mountains of Kunlun

Extremely rough road in western China

Rock formations along a river in Xinjiang

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