The journey to the central line: outbound (August 2)

Views of the Karlik Shan (mountains) on the morning after while driving back the same route we came in. Again orographic clouds are forming over the 5000-ers, even earlier than yesterday. But who cares now ...

Yurts in the Barkol area with its strong Kazakh presence.

Sharing images on the road: from the left one of our hosts from Urumqi Obs., an Italian China afficionado (on his approx. 11th visit to this country), an Uighur teacher and a student. Below: yet more desert ...

Culinary surprise in the little town of Pichan near Turfan: After 6+ hours on the road without food we get treated to a fine noodle meal (live view of their production included) at 16:00-17:15. And from 21:00-30 Beijing Time a spectacular sunset can be seen while approaching Urumqi - a fitting conclusion to a great 3 days "out" ...

Daniel Fischer - back to the main page for this eclipse!