A red tiered pagoda rises above the trees on Urumqi’s Red Hill.Trees line a stony riverbank in Burqin County.A rocky riverbank faces Hemu’s wooden houses and autumn trees.Forested slopes surround the blue-green water of Kanas Lake.Wind-eroded rock towers rise above a gravel plain at Urho.Low clouds hang over Sayram Lake as seen from the north bank.Conifers dot the green mountain pastures above Nalati.The Duku Highway curves around a steep, forested mountainside.Conifers frame the blue water and high peaks at Tianchi.Urumqi’s skyline stretches across the horizon below Hongshan Park.Water flows past evergreens at the outlet of Kanas Lake.The road bridge crosses a deep mountain valley at Guozigou.