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Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway :

Sand cliffs in western China

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

Chinese girl and boy working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway

Peaks above the Karakoram highway

Wet grassland in a high mountain valley along the Karakoram highway

Sand mountains of Xinjiang

Mountains near a high elevation wetland in Xinjiang

High elevation wetland near the Karakoram highway

Rocky Tajik home near a high elevation grassland

High elevation creek near the Karakoram highway

High elevation waterway near the Karakoram highway

Wetland in a pass in the Pamir mountains

Pass in the Pamir mountains in western China

Pass in the Pamir mountains

Pass in the Pamirs in western China

Marshy pass in the Pamir mountains in Xinjiang

Marshy pass on the Pamir Plateau in western China

Sand covered mountains on the Pamir plateau

Karakoram highway

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

Sand dune in a mountains pass on the Chinese Pamir Plateau

Sand dune in the Pamir mountains in western China

Rocky mountains along the the Karakoram highway

Truck overturned on a mountain road in Xinjiang

Young Tajik man

Lake Karakol, meaning "black lake" in Tajik

Receding glacier in China

Camel in Xinjiang

Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol

Solar-powered yurt in western China

Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Yak in China

New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white

Tajik elder

Lake with Muztag Ata in the background

Karakoram Highway as it passes near Lake Karakol

Pamir plateau landscape

Glaciers in western China

Glaciers in the Pamir mountains

Karakoram highway as it winds through the Pamir mountains

High mountain peak in the Pamir mountains

Imposing mountains of the Pamir Plateau

Tajik temple

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Muztag ata as seen from Taskkurgan fort

View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle

Mosque near Tashkurgan fort

Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan

Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan

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

Mountain peak near Tashkurgan

Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan

Muztagata seen from a distance to the southeast

Village and mountains on road to Datong

Mountains in western China

Abandoned government-built town in the desert of western China

Mountains near Tashkurgan

Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China

Wall at Tashkurgan fort

Wall at the ruined Tashkurgan castle

Ruins of Tashkurgan

Wall at the Tashkurgan Stone City

Tashkorgan stone city

Three kids in Tashkorgan

Sun setting on mountains east of Tashkorgan

Hills in western China

Rocky mountain pass in western China

Fisheye view of mountains in Xinjiang near the Karakoram highway

Glaciers near Muztaga peak

Snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains

Mountains near Muzagata Peak

Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake

Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul

Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul

Uighur woman in front of her yurt

Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt

Traditional animal-skin yurt

Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale

Goats in front of a yurt

Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake

Kyrgyz Boy on horseback

Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway

Yaks being drive across a plain in western China

Pamir Mountains in Xinjiang

Pamir plateau mountains in Xinjiang

Pamir plateau mountains

Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt

Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt

Tajik on horseback

Tajik cowboy

Muztag Ata reflected in a turquoise lake

Princess Castle, a ruined fort at Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan, a Silk Road staging post. Its Uighur name Stone Fortress or Stone Tower

Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow

Tashkurgan with adjoining meadow

Vieled Uighur woman at Tashkurgan

Young girl posing for photo in Tashkurgan

Kids in Tashkurgan

Tajik children along the Karakoram highway

Yak traffic on the Karakoram highway

Tajik tombs and cemetary

Snow-capped peaks and glaciers in western China

Abandoned government-built town in the desert of western China

Tajik adobe hut

Tajik kids

Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan fort in western China

Mountains and meadow outside Tashkurgan

Tomb as seen through a hole in a wall at Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan stone city in Xinjiang

Three kids in Tashkorgan

Eagle statue in the center of Tashkurgan

National cultue and Art center in Tashkurgan

Sand cliffs along the Karakoram Highway leading towards Pakistan

Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway

Brick home along the Karakoram highway

Light colored mountains

Muztagh Ata Peak, Pamir, 7546m

Muztaga peak as seen from the Karakoram highway

Snow covered mountains near Muzagata Peak

Camel standing in front of concrete yurts built bt the Chinese government

Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt

Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China

Adobe settlement along the Karakoram highway

Adobe homes in western China

Karakoram Highway towards Tashkurgan

Uighur man using mule power

Two girls sitting along the Karakoram highway

Goats feeding in front of Kumtagh sand mountains in western China

High elevation grassland near the Karakoram highway

Wetland in a Pamir mountain pass

Tajik woman walking with goods for sale

Karakoram highway with a turquoise lake in the background

Truck transporting coal in western China

Mountain peak on the Pamir Plateau

Mountain peak near the China-Tajikistan border region

Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan

Ruins at Tashkurgan fort

Three Tajik men walking in Tashkurgan

Moon at sunset above Tashkorgan

Sun glinting off a snowy peak above Tashkurgan

Man with a sickle and a donkey

Muztag ata (Muztaghata) peak seen from the outskirts of Tashkurgan

Tajik village along road to Datong

Government-constructed homes, since abandoned, in a western China desert

Government-constructed village on a sand desert in western China

Ash-covered hills in western China

Western China mountains

Tajik home along a highway in western China

Yurts on a plain

Tajik mud hut

Tajik cemetary (tombs) in western China

Tajik cemetary in Xinjiang

Tomatos and chili peppers in Tashkurgan

Snow-capped mountains near Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan fort, an important silk road trading point

Modern yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China

Tomb near Tashkurgan fort

Wall at the stone city in western China

School in Tashkorgan

Three kids in Tashkorgan

Sheep in Tashkorgan meadow

Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background

Cattle grazing in a meadow in Tashkorgan

Colorful doors in Tashkorgan

Main drive in Tashkurgan

Karakoram Highway leading out of Tashkurgan

Fields near Tashkurgan - seen from the Karakoram highway

Tajik tombs seen from the Karakoram Highway

Tajik cemetary

Leaving the Karakoram Highway

Rockslide across the Karakoram highway in China

Truck in a gravel bed along the Karakoram highway

Sandy cliffs along the Karakoram highway in western China

Kyrgyz or Tajik girl at a roadside stall near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway

Roadside stalls near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway

Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway towards Pakistan

Mountain pass in western China

Mountains in Xinjiang

Wetland in western China

Powerline running through remote western China

Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul

Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Rocky hut

Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain

Herd of yaks along the Karakoram highway

Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway

Yurts in western China

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