21 Feb 2014

China's Gobi Desert And The Oasis Of Crescent Lake

Located approximately 6 km (3.73 miles) from the outskirts of the city of Dunhuang in Western China, lies Crescent Lake, an incredible oasis in the Gobi desert. Known as Yueyaquan in Chinese, the crescent-shaped lake is a major tourist attraction where one of the world’s great shrines to Buddhism resides.


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Crescent lake in China: Camels near the Yueyaquan Crescent Lake in Dunhuang, in China

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