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Izubra Cervus canadensis xanthopygus
Observed by haitongyu, CC BY-NC
CHINA. Baotou, Nei Mongol. 1984. From about 7:30 a.m., Gangtie Rd. In Baotou is filled with people on bicycles commuting to work at the Baotou Steel Mills. The sixty thousand workers here produce 1.5 million tons of steel a year. As an essential product for Chinas modernization, steel is produced not only here in Baotou, a town on the Huang He River (Yellow River), but also at large-scale steel mills in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing, and Anshan. © Hiroji Kubota/Magnum Photos
The skeleton of a fortified town lies half-buried in the sands of the Chinese Gobi, the northernmost desert on Earth, and is one of China’s least populated regions. This town was given the name Khara Khoto, meaning “black city,” and local lore has it that the site is teeming with demons and spirits. In 1226, the sound of hoofbeats erupted across the horizon as Genghis Khan’s Mongol armies descended on and seized the fortress. Marco Polo visited this site later in the century, and cautioned future visitors to provision fully before departing, as the desert beyond the black city required a full forty days’ journey to pass.
From my new book THE HUMAN PLANET: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene. Autographed copies available Here
by George Steinmetz
"Street, Yi Er Si, Inner Mongolia, China" by Edward Gale
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Entering Erlian, Nei Mongol, China.
On the way to Mongolia I had to cross the Chinese border town of Erlian, Inner Mongolia. Areas around here have been the focus of many archeological digs, especially in relation to Dinosaurs, a veritable paradise for diggers by any account. The locals have capitalised on this association by dotting the landscape with giant Dino sculptures. While entering, it can be a seriously surreal experience.
"Untitled" by Edward Gale
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"Untitled" by Edward Gale
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"Untitled" by Edward Gale
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