

Jinshanling section of the Great Wall of China the morning after a rare winter snow fall

Limestone hills punctuating privately-owned fields of rape plants in flower

The north/south road leading into the Taklimakan oil field

Anshan Steel works, said to be the largest in China

Views of traditional round mud dwellings in Guandong Province

New suburban housing near Shenyang International Airport

Autumn vegetable patch near Yunlong, Yunnan

Red peppers laid out to dry after harvest near Baicheng, Xinjiang, China

Cotton processing factory just outside of Yuli in Xinjiang

Cotton comes in for processing in Xinjaing, where it is the region's primary cash crop

Aerial view of Li River downstream from Guilin

Longji rice terraces, and ethnic Miao minority villages

Terraced fields of tea being picked near Dadugang

Pagodas near Dali

Autumn vegetable patch near Yunlong, Yunnan

Traditional Naxi farmhouse outside Lijiang, Yunnan

Vertically oriented sandstone formations in Kuqa Canyon

Jaiohe ruins, once a garrison town located on a plateau between two rivers

Axia village upstream from Bezeklik Buddhist grottoes near Turpan

Underground aqueducts near Axia in the Turpan Depression

Salt works at Aiding Lake is the lowest point in Asia at more than 500 ft. below sea level.

Lower part of Talimu River during autumnal flood.

Sand dunes near Laomangya (Mangnai) village in the Chaidamu Basin

Dr. Zhibao Dong exploring the sands of the Kumetage Desert.

Aerial view of Shenyang

Aerial view of Songzanlin Monastery

Lisu (minority people) relocation village occupied by farmers

Terraced farms of Naxi people just upstream from Judian

Ethnic kyrgyz herders crossing the upper reaches of the Toxhun River

George Steinmetz after getting 19 stitches in his face at a hospital in Shanshan, Xinjiang, China