The Gobi Desert at Dunhuang
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The Gobi Desert at Dunhuang

On the edge of the Gobi desert in Central China is the town of Dunhuang. The name Dunhuang means "Blazing Beacon" and refers to the beacons lit to warn of attacks by marauding nomadic tribes during ancient times.

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Turkmenistan’s Gates of Hell
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Turkmenistan’s Gates of Hell

This giant burning gas crater in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan is known as ‘the gates of hell’! It was created in 1971 when a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive underground natural gas cavern.

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