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In order to be ready for the "China Olympics" total solar eclipse on Friday August 1st, 2008, a scouting trip in China and Mongolia was mandatory during the summer 2006. A recce in the Altai Republic, a Russian Federation autonomous region well known for its Altai Mountains and belonging to UNESCO World Heritage, has already taken place in August 2004. This new scouting trip in the Chinese Gobi along the "Silk Road" in the Xinjiang Uighur province and Western Mongolia had for main goal to get the best weather on all the eclipse path. The Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area was established in 1976 and was included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 1990 as one of the largest biosphere reserves in the world (5.3 million hectares).
The city of Dunhuang is situated at a strategic point along the Silk Road, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences. Close to Dunhuang you’ll find the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao, famous for their statues and wall paintings spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art, the Mingsha Sand Dunes and the Crescent Moon Spring. The Mogao Grottoes belong to UNESCO’s World Heritage.


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Interior Cave Mogao Grotto
Interior of a cave
at the Mogao Grottoes

Entrance Mingsha Sand Dune Crescent Moon Spring
Entrance of the Mingsha Sand Dunes
and the Crescent Moon Spring

Mingsha Sand Dunes
Mingsha Sand Dunes


Crescent Moon Spring
Crescent Moon Spring


Pavilion Crescent Moon Spring
Pavilion of the Crescent Moon Spring

Crescent Moon Spring
Crescent Moon Spring

Crescent Moon Spring
Crescent Moon Spring

Pavilion Crescent Moon Spring
Pavilion of the Crescent Moon Spring

Camel Mingsha Sand Dunes
Camels at the Mingsha Sand Dunes

Airport Terminal Dunhuang
Airport terminal in Dunhuang

   
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