Morning light transforms Xinjiang’s otherworldly landscapes every day – but this week, photographers captured an epic golden spectacle at the wind-sculpted ‘Devil City’ in Karamay. As dawn broke, ancient rock towers lit up like molten gold 🌟 under cascading clouds that raced across the desert skyline.
Local geologists say sharp temperature swings between day and night choreograph the drama: sunlight paints color gradients on the rocks while moisture condenses into those cinematic “river clouds.” “It’s nature’s TikTok filter,” joked one shutterbug chasing the perfect shot.
Once feared as a haunted maze, this 20-million-year-old geological gallery in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is now a bucket-list muse for adventurers and Instagram poets alike. 📸 Who’s adding this to their #Wanderlust checklist?
