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Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows the snow scenery on the edge of Taklamakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo/IC)
The Taklamakan Desert is well-known as the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert and China's largest desert.
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Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows the snow scenery on the edge of Taklamakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo/IC)
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Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows the snow scenery on the edge of Taklamakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo/IC)