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Xinjiang, 2017

Snow across the high plains, long roads, quiet villages, and a journey remembered in fragments.

Snow-striped mountains rising beyond the wide brown grasslands of Xinjiang

In October 2017, the landscape seemed to change every few hours: bare earth, fresh snow, blue water, and villages gathered beneath the mountains. I remember the trip less as a route than as a sequence of small scenes seen through windows and during stops along the way.

A narrow sunlit passage between long brick walls with mountains beyond — Between the walls

Colorful prayer flags gathered on a wide snow-covered plain — Color against the snow

Layered snowy mountains fading into pale evening light — Mountains at dusk

Brown grassland crossed by streams beneath a wall of snow-striped mountains — Across the high plains

A blue river winding through foothills lightly covered in snow — A river through the cold

Long icicles hanging from a roof above an open plain — Morning ice

A high roadside overlook opening onto plains, lakes, and distant mountains — The road climbed higher

A winding mountain road seen through the warm interior of a bus — On the way

A small group of yurts on open grassland beneath snowy peaks — Beneath the mountains

A horse-drawn cart with a red canopy standing on a snowy plain — Waiting in the snow

A rider leading a horse through a shallow stream below snowy mountains — Crossing the stream

A woman preparing a meal outdoors beside a wooden shelter — Morning work

A man riding a brown horse along a quiet village road — Passing through

A pale dog sleeping in a patch of sunlight on a wooden deck — Afternoon sun

Two dogs resting on open ground beside a long wooden shelter — A quiet afternoon

Snowy peaks reflected in a large puddle beside a mountain settlement — After the thaw

Shawn standing at an overlook above a blue lake edged with golden autumn trees — Above the lake

A child in a yellow coat standing beside stones and bracelets at an outdoor market — At the roadside market