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Ruins of Desert Cathay 57 - Head of Nissa valley seen from Tam-oghil, above Tor - Loess-covered old moraine ridges in foreground. Photo during Stein's first and failed effort to penetrate the Kun-lun south of Khotan. The fine loess high in the mountains was deposited by the powerful dust storms that ravaged the Taklamakan each year.

 
     

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