Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark

Gansu · China

Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark, China
Photo: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October
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A wind-carved desert of yardang ridges northwest of Dunhuang, where erosion has sculpted the earth into shapes resembling ships and castles. The stark formations glow at dusk under a vast Gobi sky.

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