Hoarding precious moisture
Tenacious flora on the floor
Perpetual winds in the sky
Until rare torrents fall
Tumbling down the mountainsides
Muddy brown and rocky
Vast fans
Of alluvial debris
Swept from crumbling mountains
To the rising valley floor
On the road
To Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region
From Liuyuanzhen, Gansu Province
The People’s Republic of China
To Hami, Xinjiang Autonomous Region
From Liuyuanzhen, Gansu Province
The People’s Republic of China
Taken during travels, 1998
In response to A Word in Your Ear‘s A Word A Week Photography Challenge which, this week, is Arid.
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