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epa07060859 A view from a drone of Yardang Geopark near Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, 29 September 2018, (issued 01 October 2018). Dunhuang is a city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. City was major stop on the ancient Silk Road, established in an oasis which contains Crescent Lake and had strategic position on a crossroads of the Southern Route of Silk Road and main road from India trough Tibet and Mongolia to Southern Siberia. Donhuang is tourist destination best known for Crescent Lake, Mogao Caves, Yardang Geopark and desert with countless sand dunes which are merging to stone composed desert and mountains. At winter temperature riches -25 C and sand dunes become frozen with tops covered in snow. Mogao Caves are located 25 km form Dunhuang. Buddhist caves are famous for their Buddhist art such as murals inside, Buddhist statues and Dunhuang manuscripts found hidden in a sealed-up cave. There is 735 of them. Crescent Lake is a crescent-shaped lake in an oasis, 6 km south of the city. Lake is top tourist attraction and landmark in Donhuang where dune sledding, camel or SUV ride, helicopter flight or dune hiking are offered to visitors. Reports say Dunhuang city of about 200 000 population, accommodate 10 million visitors during a year. Yardang Geopark also known as DevilâÄ™s Town and part of it as Ghost Town, is located 180 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang. The park contains rock formations of unique shape developed over a period of 700,000 years. When there are no wind visitors experience soundless environment while walking between rock formations of witch some are naturally shaped to remind viewer on peacock, buddha, camel etc. Yardang covers area of abut 400 square kilometers and its part of UNESCO protected areas. EPA/ALEKSANDER PLAVEVSKI