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... sand . In the slanting light of an October sunset the legend of the Black City's violent and bloody end spreads across the sand around me . The year was 1372 , and the Mongol king Khara Bator - his people pro- tected inside these walls ...
... sand . In the slanting light of an October sunset the legend of the Black City's violent and bloody end spreads across the sand around me . The year was 1372 , and the Mongol king Khara Bator - his people pro- tected inside these walls ...
Page 62
... sand mountainscape . Like a treeless Tirol , the sand mountains are draped in a dozen shades of saturated yellow beneath a clear blue sky . Standing in the pass with me is Dong Zhibao , one of two Ph.D.'s on the expedition from the ...
... sand mountainscape . Like a treeless Tirol , the sand mountains are draped in a dozen shades of saturated yellow beneath a clear blue sky . Standing in the pass with me is Dong Zhibao , one of two Ph.D.'s on the expedition from the ...
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... sand , leaving the stalks standing four to six inches above the ground , which created a low windbreak . This slows blown sand grains at the rail tracks , allowing plants to gain a foothold and fix the dunes . 0. WING TO ITS SUCCESS at ...
... sand , leaving the stalks standing four to six inches above the ground , which created a low windbreak . This slows blown sand grains at the rail tracks , allowing plants to gain a foothold and fix the dunes . 0. WING TO ITS SUCCESS at ...
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