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Silk Road: Taklamakan


Silk Road: Taklamakan
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 15 N: 608] (1490)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-26
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus SP500UZ
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-17 2:32
Viewed: 489
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Silkroad travels: Taklamakan

We leave the Kashgar oasis now, but this time not on bike but by train. One branch of the ancient and modern Silk Road longs the Taklamakan desert along its Northern rim. So does the train track between Kashgar and Aksu. The train track is wedged in between the Tien Shan foothills (in the background) and the Kaxgar he (=river) that disappears progressively into the sandy ground. Only perennial plants able to develop deep roots grow here, like the leguminose Alhagi sparsifolia, the Salt cedar Tamarix ramosissima, and a Dwarf aspen, Populus diversifolia. They are the mainstay for wild animals like the Bactrian camel (only a few are left!) and antelopes.

In "View: map" you see the Silk Road and the new railway track. You have to zoom out to see the Taklamakan desert. Sven Hedin had a mandate by the Chinese governement to trace this road.
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  • Buin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3595 W: 0 N: 7248] (25322)
  • [2008-03-17 4:55]

Hallo Dieter!
Beim ersten Blick auf dieses Bild fiel mir das Wort "lebensfeindlich" ein, aber wie Du schreibst leben sogar hier noch Tiere. Der Tisch für sie ist wirklich mager gedeckt ... Eine Eintönigkeit, die schon wieder eindrucksvoll ist.
Grüße aus dem Büro - Mittagspause!
Frank

Hallo Dietrich,
immer wieder faszinierend, diese menschenleeren Gegenden. Danke im speziellen für Deine immer genauen GPS-Daten, da kriegt man einen super Überblick.
LG Christian

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