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  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt454-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of a Boeing 747 airliner at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_graveyard02-16-03-2008-15-0...jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert, a complete set of main landing gear undercarriage stands upright amid a field of similar items from airliners at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or cooling economy. Cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium is worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis42-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of Boeing 747 airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis40-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Seen from the air at dawn, the last remaining B-52 bombers from the Cold War-era are laid out in grids across the arid desert near Tucson Arizona. These retired aircraft whose air frames are too old for flight are being recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total. In the nuclear arms treaties of the 80s, Soviet satellites proved their decommissioning by spying the tails had been sliced apart huge guillotines and set at right-angles. This is a scene of confrontation, with opposing forces apparently facing each other in the way that Soviet and western armies fought the war of propaganda. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis38-10-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling are the tails of various Air Force and National Guard of jet fighter aircraft, now junked in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_4.jpg
  • In fading afternoon sunlight, after the mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert are the remains of TWA Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliners which sit as if in a take-off queue at the storage facility at Mojave airport, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk, 1903.
    mojave_jets02-15-08-1998.jpg
  • Military jet fighter engines awaiting recycling for scrap value in arid desert at Davis Monthan facility, Tucson, Arizona.  A landscape of old technology, the relics of former wars and air supremacy now reduced to aluminium and sprayed IDs. Jet pipes and power plants, the energy to get multi-million aircraft into the air to attack or defend territory and culture. These retired aircraft engines whose air frames are too old for flight are being stored then recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total at this repository for old military fighter and bomber aircraft.
    jet_engines-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt453-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A woman toutist reads a map of the area, stopped by the side of highway 190 in Death Valley, California. A road sign warns of the bending road that skirts the arid area, dangerous for those caught without transport and water. Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it is the lowest and driest area in North America. Death Valley has the record highest recorded air temperature in the world. The valley received its English name in 1849 during the California Gold Rush and called Death Valley by prospectors.
    death_valley_tourist-18-05-1996_1.jpg
  • Seen from the air at dawn, dozens of F-4 Phantom fighters from the Cold War-era are laid out in grids across the arid desert at Davis-Monthan Air Forbe Base near Tucson Arizona. These retired aircraft whose air frames are too old for flight are being stored then recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total at this repository for old military fighter and bomber aircraft. They sit in neat rows in low light, their shadowy wings are blue in colour but their fuselage are stripped of markings, being taped up against the dust. This is a scene of once-great flying machines relegated to sad scrap, long-after the Soviet Union's own demise when western armies fought a war of propaganda.
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  • In mid-day heat of the arid Arizona desert sit the remains of a Boeing airliner and a US Navy fighter jet and engines stacked  at the storage facility at Davis Monthan, Tucson. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners and military aircraft are decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_graveyard07-16-03-2008_1.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sit the remains of a Boeing airliner sat the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificant engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_graveyard04-16-03-2008-15-0...jpg
  • Fading, graduated light of the arid Sonoran desert shows the remains of airliners at the storage facility at Mojave, California, their silhouettes forming a line of aviation's by-gone era. Because of age or a cooling economy they are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis41-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Two US Navy helicopters have been parked next to some cacti at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Davis Monthan Air Force base, Tucson, Arizona. In the arid desert heat we see only the rear sections of the aircraft, their rotors have been moved into a storage position and so echo the arm-like form and camouflaged tones of the cactus branches. The ground is sandy from the desert floor and soft, overhead light casts a shadow beneath the aircraft's fuselage. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis37-10-08-1998_1.jpg
  • In mid-day heat of the arid Sonoran desert sits the gutted remains of a Lockheed Tri-Star airliner at the storage facility at Mojave, California. Here, the fate of the world’s retired civil airliners is decided by age or a cooling economy and are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through the sleek curves. Elsewhere, Jumbo jets, Airbuses and assorted Boeings sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis39-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_6.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling and destruction are Boeing B-52 bombers from the Cold War era, now aluminium junk in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_5.jpg
  • Awaiting re-use or recycling are F-16 fighter jets, sealed up against the dust in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_3.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling are the undercariage and landing gear  of now-retired in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Awaiting recycling are the propellers of now-retired in the arid desert, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_2.jpg
  • An arid desert landscape of road distance and a mountain geology in Death Valley, on 18th May 1996, in Death Valley, California USA. Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts in the Middle East. Death Valleys Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet 86 m below sea level.
    death_valley-18-05-1996.jpg
  • In the heat and dust of the arid Sonoran desert are the remains of a Boeing 747 cockpit at the storage facility at Mojave, California. The wiring of the now-extinct flight engineer's console is a jumble of old technology. Either by age or cooling economy airliners are either cannibalised for still-working parts or recycled for scrap, their aluminium fuselages worth more than their sum total. Elsewhere, assorted aircraft wrecks sit abandoned in the scrub minus their bellies, legs or wings like dying birds. After a lifetime of safe commercial flight, wings are clipped and cockpits sliced apart by huge guillotines, cutting through their once-magnificent engineering. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis43-15-08-1998_1.jpg
  • Stones marking the Danakil desert road in Djibouti
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  • A man walking across the dried up Dachatu River, Dire Dawa,  Ethiopia
    MAA-10094994_1.jpg
  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, walks through the grounds of 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
    chitibmon_024_1.jpg
  • Bride Ai Xia and Groom Liu Xiao Ning leave her home in Chang Qu village,  for a new life, Shaanxi, China
    chiocave_039_1.jpg
  • Bride Ai Xia is picked up by Groom Liu Xiao Ning leaving her cave home in Chang Qu village,  for a new life, Shaanxi, China
    chiocave_038_1.jpg
  • Chang Lin goes out to collect sunflower crop from near by fields, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China.
    chiocave_022_1.jpg
  • A man waits for the arrival of the "Chihuahua al Pacifico" train in Posada Baranca, Mexico.
    cp_mex_0158_1.jpg
  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur during a tribal war resulting from colonial land-use. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe.
    sudan231-24-05-2009_1.jpg
  • Young boy in the shade of the souk market of the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons and families on the outskirts of the front-line town of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) in north Darfur. The camp has 17 schools, clinics and commercial activity  based around a market, furniture manufacture and variety of cottage industries and a third of families in the camps are headed by women.
    sudan189-24-05-2009_1.jpg
  • A young girl pushes her wheelbarrow away from a wood stall that supplies building materials and fire timber in the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons and families on the outskirts of the front-line town of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) in north Darfur. The camp has 17 schools, clinics and commercial activity  based around a market, furniture manufacture and variety of cottage industries and a third of families in the camps are headed by women.
    sudan195-24-05-2009_1_1.jpg
  • Rock formations eroded by wind over millions of years at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt463-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A 4x4 desert expedition vehicle climbs a sand dune at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt459-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • The wrecked remains of a Curtiss C-46 Commando WW2-era transport aircraft awaiting salvage or recycling in the desert airfield of Davis Monthan in Tucson, Arizona. The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," the "Curtiss Calamity," the "plumber's nightmare" and the "flying coffin," At the time of its production, the C-46 was the largest twin-engine aircraft in the world, and the largest and heaviest twin-engine aircraft to see service in World War II.
    davis_monthan_boneyard01-15-08-1998_...jpg
  • Awaiting recycling are various remains of now-retired old aircraft, on 15th August 1998, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
    arizona_boneyard-15-08-1998_7.jpg
  • A Rajasthani rural house on 8th November 2009, in the Thar desert near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
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  • In the village of Lokitaung Oxfam organise the removal of the Prosopis bush, a dangerous shrub that grows 4-inch thorns. Injuries from the poisonous thorns are common and in some cases have caused the loss of limbs. The bush was introduced by colonialists. Lokitaung is in the Turkana region of Northern Kenya.
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  • An elderly man, accompanied by a child, pumps water from a well in camp for Internally Displaced Persons called Zahri Dosht near Kandahar
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  • Aerial view of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) the front-line town in north Darfur during a tribal war resulting from colonial land-use. Basic housing is seen against the barren and scorched red earth in this area of south-western Sudan. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe.
    sudan233-24-05-2009_1.jpg
  • A man sweeps his own area where he sells food in the 4 sq km Abu Shouk refugee camp which is (disputedly) home to 38,000 displaced persons and families on the outskirts of the front-line town of Al Fasher (also spelled, Al-Fashir) in north Darfur. The camp has 17 schools, clinics and commercial activity  based around a market, furniture manufacture and variety of cottage industries. The camp has 17 schools, clinics and commercial activity  based around a market, furniture manufacture and variety of cottage industries and a third of families in the camps are headed by women.
    sudan172-24-05-2009_1.jpg
  • A man from funkyyukka.co.uk delivers a potted plant to a London restaurant and bar. The city delivery arrives in a green pot with strong handles that is clearly taking the weight of this heavy vegetation although we can see the Yukka is still young and not fully developed. Although this plant is destined to occupy a corner of an office or restaurant, the Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the agave family, Agavaceae. Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry (arid) parts of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean
    carrying_yucca01-15-03-2011_1.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin067.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin071.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin069.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin062.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin064.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin060.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin056.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin046.jpg
  • A Chinese national flag flies on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin045.jpg
  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin035.jpg
  • A worker hoist construction equipment onto the cables of a crane on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin027.jpg
  • A worker hoist construction equipment onto the cables of a crane on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin026.jpg
  • A man squats on the side of a road in view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin011.jpg
  • The inner prayer gallery with the imam's pulpit of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The outer prayer gallery of the The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_007_1.jpg
  • Detail of the entrance door pull of the Muslim Id Kah mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_003_1.jpg
  • The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_002_1.jpg
  • The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_001_1.jpg
  • A man walks past a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin079.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin078.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin076.jpg
  • A man walks past a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin054.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Two man on a motorcycle ride through the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A bulldozer sits on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers haul construction materials at the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of a densely built new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A man rides a bike past a densely built new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Details of the door pulls of the outer to inner prayer galleries of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The double leaf door which connects the outer from the inner prayer galleries of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The prayer gallery's intricate ceiling of the the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • A man walks through the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin039.jpg
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