A patterned brick tower rises above the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi.The patterned brick tower of Emin Minaret in Turpan.A tall earthen tower stands above the low ruined walls at Gaochang.Snow-covered Kongur reflects in the still water of Karakul Lake.Shop awnings line Qasa Road in Kashgar’s old town.Diners and shoppers walk beneath the entrance to Urumqi’s old bazaar food street.Tianchi stretches between mountain ridges under a cloud-streaked sky.Earthen walls trace a maze of rooms at the ruined city of Jiaohe.A shaded channel at the karez irrigation site in Turpan.Ridges cut across the red slopes of the Flaming Mountains near Turpan.Twin minarets frame the yellow entrance to Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar.Cave entrances line the cliff at Bezeklik near Turpan.
