[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Oberon]

If I remember correctly from the National Geographic article on Marco Polo, “Taklamakan” translates more or less as “Go in and you don’t come out.”

[madconserv]

Message to John McCain: Is this global warming?

[1curiousmind]

Deserts covered with snow.

Ann Coulter voting for Hillary.

I’m going back to bed.

[CarrotAndStick]

Isn’t Taklamakaan a cold desert?

[nuconvert]

“record snowfall in recent five years “

So prior to that they’ve had more snow?

[A. Morgan]

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The sand covered in snow reminded me of the comment one of my sons made when he played on a beach for the first time at around age 4, “It’s like hot snow!”

[Global2010]

Hey need to get the sand sculptures out there...

Snow and Sand Castles.

[samtheman]

Taklamakan

[blam]

Loulan – A Lost Kingdom in Taklamakan

"The ruins of the kingdom are located on the western bank of Lake Lop Nur, in the northeast of the Tarim Basin. Once a vast lake in ancient times, today Lop Nur has entirely dried up. It is now a lake only in name. "

The Beauty Of Loulan

[Savage Beast]

"The worldly hope men set their hearts upon
Turns ashes, or it prospers, and anon,
Like snow upon the desert's dusty face,
Lighting a little hour or two was gone."