横穿“死亡之海”

Trekking Through the Sea of Death

第一个把中国的塔克拉玛干沙漠叫作“死亡之海”的不是中国人,而是那位瑞典探险家斯文赫定。他在100多年前横穿大沙漠的历程中,真正体验到死亡是如此贴近,——原本三人行,只有他一个人逃出了“死海”。而生活在沙漠周过的维吾尔人,并不给这沙漠下简单的定义,而是冠以“进去出不来”(“塔克拉玛干”的意译)的形象称呼。

A group of women photographers travelled through the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang, known as the 'Sea of Death'. In addition to seeing the unusual landscape of desert, yardangs and oasis, they also learned about the colourful customs of the Uygur people living in the area.