Breathtaking view of snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in NW China

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Breathtaking view of snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in NW China

STORY: Breathtaking view of snow-covered Taklimakan Desert in NW China DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of snowfall STORYLINE: The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is seeing widespread snowfall as a new round of cold air approaches. The Taklimakan Desert is the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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