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CHINA
CH I N A
Silk Road stop off
The ancient city of Kashgar (bottom right) was once a major
trading post on the Silk Road. Tucked away in a remote
western corner of China, much closer to Delhi and Kabul than
Beijing, much of the old city is being bulldozed to make way Kashgar
for modern life. NASA’s satellite ASTER took this image. The
rich red colouration is due to its camera capturing data from
visible to thermal infrared wavelengths. CHINA
PHOTO: NASA
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